How To Find Inspiration For A Side-project

In this article, I’ll show you five resources and/or ideas on how to find inspiration for a side-project. Because everyone who wants to create products, needs to practice the cycle from idea to shipping every now and then.

So with further ado, let’s dive into the resources that will help you to find inspiration for your next side-project.

1. Scratch Your Own Itch 🙆🏻‍♂️

The generally accepted best (AND most talked about) way to find a suitable side-project is to think about digital annoyances that you have in life, and how you would fix them.

Scratching your own itch is called out as one of the best ways to find a side-project. It helps you to solve something that you experience yourself so it makes you kind of an expert since you have expectations that are not met.

Those expectations might lead to a product/service.

PRO-tip: Start by writing down things that you notice. I have a Trello board full of all my ideas.

I organize them into columns Mind spins > Investigating > Serious > Executing > Done > Archive > Trashbin.
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