A couple of years ago I started writing down ideas whenever they popped into my head. Didn't really make a conscious effort to brainstorm them or anything, but after a while they start becoming a frequent thing. I probably get a couple a week and now have a really long list of things. Some are obviously bad, others require too much outside knowledge or equipment I don't have, but maybe 10-20% are promising and doable by me.
Honestly the hardest thing is picking one thing to focus on for an extended amount of time. It's tempting to prototype something and then get excited by the next idea and never fully finish what you were working on. I think this is just part of how humans are. I know a guy who worked on rockets and says it got boring after a couple of years.
Honestly the hardest thing is picking one thing to focus on for an extended amount of time. It's tempting to prototype something and then get excited by the next idea and never fully finish what you were working on. I think this is just part of how humans are. I know a guy who worked on rockets and says it got boring after a couple of years.