Developer Motivation?

[Juras]

Starting small is definetely the way to go, especially when you have little experience. And that something small doesn't even have to be anything special or something that you should be proud of. Because once you finish it, you will feel awesome for just finishing it. After that you move on and maybe plan on doing something bigger, something that you feel unsure about if you can actually do, but that's good. Because the only way to improve is to challenge yourself. And you keep doing that until you make something that is awesome.

But motivation is also an important factor. By starting small it will be easier to stay motivated because you won't feel like the "end goal" is far away. And once you have more experience after finishing few small projects, you should set small goals on one bigger project. Basically instead of thinking "I will work on 1 big project" you should think "I will work on 10 small projects/goals that will make up this 1 big project". That should help you not getting overwhelmed.

You said that you have done quite some stuff, even a monster that's working, not many can do that so I would definetely like to see that! This leads to another point of staying motivated - share your stuff with others! Doesn't matter if it's good or not, just sharing it within a community like this is a good idea because you will see people actually responding to your work and commenting it. Some might hate it (don't pay attetention to those if it might happen), but most of us will give you proper thoughts and critiques (if needed) to your work. I can promise you that you will become more motivated and eager to improve if you share your work with others.

And lastly, just taking a break for a week or two from work might be just something you need to get your motivation and inspiration back. Atleast that's what has helped me sometimes.

Again, show us what you have worked on and see how it feels!