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Come back later. Try to relax / do something else. Think of it from a different angle. Happens all the time.
All the time.
Sometimes just trying a different project gets those juices flowing. In the worst case, though, it takes determination, alcohol and trance music turned up far too loud.
Tried that, been almost a full month now.... I just can't find the motivation.
Once I get it this is what I do:
(infinity). Start Coding again.
+1 For chocolate Milk.
I think my problem started when my job became coding, I have been unable to finish any of my personal projects, let alone work on any websites. Anyone else in this same predicament?
@Code018: Oh don't get me started on that.
When I decided to try freelance web designing it was horrible. Before it was a ton of fun and designing websites was just an awesome fun hobby. Then once it became work I just disliked it (kind of why I stopped)
What's your current job now?
Senior in College as a Civil Engineer (totally non-technical related I know haha)
@HalfEatenPie
I think I want to be a chef. I never realized how much I missed cooking for people.
@Code018: Cooking is an awesome relaxing thing for me. How awesome is it to take something really basic/simple ingredients and to make delicious things! Unfortunately I don't really have too much time due to my schedules.
Also, I personally don't enjoy washing pans after I cook.
Ha ha, I hate cooking for myself. But I will cook for others.
Washing pans is the worse part, that's why I cook for others. They do it
@Code018: Exactly. Just saying "I'll cook, you clean" does the trick.
But, going back on topic here (instead of a HalfEatenPie IAMA)...
Having good music really helps. Honestly (I know it sounds pretty nerdy) listening to soundtracks helps. Either movies or video games. Inception is a good one, so is Halo series.
Maybe that's what is missing... I haven't listened to music in over a month.... and Netflix just gets old after so long...
Music is a must for me when I'm coding.
Besides for soundtracks though I also listen to classical music which is just awesome in general.
Everyone has this, especially on personal/side projects that end up taking a week longer then you planned... You just get tired of it, and lose interest.
Besides what @HalfEatenPie mentioned, exercise really helps! (Go for a walk/run/bike).
Other than that, I've always gotten inspiration while reading others code, or thought to myself "I can do this better"... Which usually jump starts my brain.
I find myself once every couple of days looking at the top starred/forked projects on Github (in my chosen language) just to find inspiration and to continue learning.
Hipster cat! I'll never get tired of seeing that avatar @telephone!
Definitely forgot exercise! (I go running almost every other day). Although I didn't know that about Github! (again awesome!)
Just code, you are not teenage girl to have moods
Few things to try, after you've tried the above things:
Same here, but I find that if I listen to MY music (as in, music i've collected), I tend to get bored with it and start disconnecting from my project, So I listen to the radio, either electromagnetic or internet, and find that helps out quite a bit.
Another issue is that I used to code with my laptop, sitting on my couch in my living room with my wife. My wife would frequently do something like "OMFG LOOK AT THIS THING ON PINTEREST!" or "I SENT YOU A LINK YOU SHOULD LOOK AT IT" which was messing up my process. So now I code in a small extra room in our house.
@Damian: Yeah I realized that pandora helps out a ton (especially since if I was listening to My music I'd have to set up a playlist and once that ends (even if its a 4 hour playlist) then suddenly concentration is -gone-.