Your best ideas should be somewhat durable. When I first read David Heinemeier Hansson’s “Work on your best idea” post, it felt like a clarion call to get off my ass and do something new. Surely there must be a large gap between where you need to be, today, and where you are? Right? Wrong. While not every day provides the Bacchanalian pleasures I dream about, they are situated within a risk/reward framework that I have created for myself. I have made commitments for my family, my employer, and my friends. While many of those commitments are mundane and repetitive, they are constraints I gladly accept. Sometimes the truly valuable work is a continuation of what you’re doing, and while it’s not sexy to say it that way, I think that’s a valid interpretation of the post too.
Eric Frankl.in 