{"id":13,"date":"2022-01-11T16:44:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nikolasb\/?p=13"},"modified":"2022-01-11T16:44:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:44:45","slug":"keep-it-simple-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nikolasb\/2022\/01\/11\/keep-it-simple-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep it Simple Stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><p>Keep it Simple Stupid<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I fall into the build it all trap anytime I start a project.<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t yet, check out this video by Ira Glass on taste.<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE GAP by Ira Glass\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/85040589?h=88098f8568&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the trap I find myself in when I am thinking of a project.&nbsp;<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I focus on the two or three years out, being sold to a company, or having 10,000 daily users, or being featured by gamers on Twitch. Rather than what is the minimum viable product I can make today to help build to that point.&nbsp;<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My to do list is not normal. Mine is win an Oscar, not write a screenplay. Create the best fantasy football app, not build one app. I focus on the best end goal possible, and when it seems like it won\u2019t match up with my thoughts on what it could be in my mind I give up.<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speed bumps feel like road blocks when you are in the end goal headspace.<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focusing on the little goals along the way is always the advice I hear. That sounds good, but to me, who thinks like every project I make should be award winning, it is tough to focus on those pieces. And any part that doesn\u2019t work seems like a good enough reason to quit and go to one of the other ideas I have rattling around my brain.<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I have started to do this year that helps is adding self-validation to the steps I list. Most of my goals rely on validation. Winning an Oscar, getting a top app store spot, being a sponsor for one of my favorite podcasts.&nbsp;<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding self-validation to my to do list has helped a lot. Instead of writing a script as a to do list. I put write ten pages. And the self-validation is this is ten more pages than I had before I started. When thinking of an application I write do research on apps I use now. The self-validation is I use these apps a lot and will have a lot to learn from them.&nbsp;<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allows speed bumps to feel easier to go over and there is a plan I can see once I am past the speed bump.&nbsp;<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope this helps others who get stuck in the perfectionist or taste trap. We know what is good, it just takes a lot of time to get that good as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep it Simple Stupid I fall into the build it all trap anytime I start a project. If you haven\u2019t yet, check out this video by Ira Glass on taste. 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