this reminds me of another fear that i have run into: the worry that what i am doing is to big to complete.
i'll definitely not create a new programming language if my goal is not the creation of the language itself. (i do have some ideas for a language, but they are not the project in my vision.)
i too have a project that i have been working on for more than a decade. i am still working on it, but instead of directly aiming for the big vision, i have been searching for smaller side goals that i could reach with that project.
so instead of starting with a road-trip across the country, i look for a reason to get to the next block. once there i find another and another, until i worked enough on it that i could work up the courage to aim for the next city. i am still far away from the actual goal, but in the meantime i crossed a state line, and i have at least achieved something.
i'll definitely not create a new programming language if my goal is not the creation of the language itself. (i do have some ideas for a language, but they are not the project in my vision.)
i too have a project that i have been working on for more than a decade. i am still working on it, but instead of directly aiming for the big vision, i have been searching for smaller side goals that i could reach with that project.
so instead of starting with a road-trip across the country, i look for a reason to get to the next block. once there i find another and another, until i worked enough on it that i could work up the courage to aim for the next city. i am still far away from the actual goal, but in the meantime i crossed a state line, and i have at least achieved something.