Ship something small every week

A single huge project you never finish teaches you far less than a string of tiny ones you actually complete. Finishing builds a different kind of skill than tinkering does — it forces you to make decisions, cut corners where it's fine to cut them, and call something done.

I try to hold myself to this same rule, and the weeks I actually ship something small feel far better than the weeks I spent tinkering with something bigger. Weekly shipping also keeps your motivation steady. A finished small thing, even a rough one, feels like proof you're making progress. An unfinished big thing just sits there as a reminder of everything left to do.

Try this today: pick one tiny, useful thing you could finish by the end of the week — not perfect, just finished and working. Set that as your only goal for the week, ignore every bigger idea until it's done, and ship it. Then pick the next tiny thing and do it again the following week.