Not that I would aspire to implement a general-purpose database. But even smaller tasks can make my mind spin too much.
For me it is all about believing that I’ll succeed and realizing that the belief doesn’t really correlate with technical aspect as much as I think it does.
If I believe I won’t succeed, I spend every moment trying to find the problem that will finally end me. And every problem becomes a death sentence.
If I believe I’ll succeed, problems become temporary obstacles and all my focus is on how I’ll overcome the current obstacle.
As a different example: I'm moving this week. I've known I'm moving for a while. Thinking about moving -- and all the little things I have to do -- is way more painful than doing them. Thinking about them keeps me up at night, getting through my list today is only fractionally painful.
I'm also leveling up a few aspects of my "way of living" in the midst of all this, and it'd be terribly boring to tell others about it, but when next Monday comes.. it'll be quite sweet indeed.
this sounds familiar... :)