Personal project - how to stay focussed and disciplined

I have a personal project which I have been trying to see through to some kind of usable product for many years. I am really passionate about the domain (as it has been an on-the-side interest of mine since I was a teenager). I act as product owner, scrum master and developer all in one.

I have had a great many false starts, or the code has become stale and fallen by the wayside and I restart it again. I never seem to put in as much effort as I would like to. When I do work on it, I always pick off the easy features first and leave some of the bigger jobs to later.

• How do I stay disciplined enough to put in even a tiny checkin every single day?


• How do I prioritise what is important in getting to the MVP?


• How do I get perspective of the project from other people, and those who might eventually use it?