In the past month I’ve been moving forward on a project I’ve had in my head a while now. And the more I got into it, more things would come up.

To give you some context, it’s basically a crash course on creating something. I figured I needed some landing pages with a cart. Then I would record some instructional videos for it.

I mapped it all out. I could get the website set up pretty simple, make a logo, record video on my phone, and have it up and ready in no time.

I began by writing out the dialog for the videos. While doing that, I got an idea for how to do something else. So I would stop writing and spend the next few hours figuring that out.

Next thing you know, I spent all my time working on something else and not finishing what I was going to write.

Plus, the thing that got me sidetracked in the first place, turned out to be a great idea! So now, I want to add that to the entire mix, making more work for myself.

This has been happening all through the project, in every aspect. From making the logo, designing the webpages, you name it.

I know lots of people suggest outsourcing it to things like fiverr or something, and I looked into that.

Guess what, that turned into spending a good part of a day on that. And as I looked for people to do what I needed, I realized I was kind of just shifting from doing it myself, to explaining it to others.

I figured it wasn’t the ability I needed to fix. It was being accountable. I needed someone to keep me on task. You know who does that really well? My wife.

At her current job, my wife runs a building, manages a large staff of people, controls budgets and pricing things out. All stuff I need to do, aside from just finishing the project. So I asked her to manage me.

The benefit of this is a can’t really bullshit her. She has no problem telling me to explain things that I’m doing. And the concept of my project is to help people that are at a beginner level. With her involvement she can tell me when something doesn’t make sense, and why. It’s like instant user testing.

My thought is, why not work on things you love with the people you love.