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In all seriousness, there is a slim chance that you have bipolar disorder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder

Or not. Never try to self-diagnose or self-medicate - seek professional help if you think this is the case.

I am the same way - I have many (failed) ideas, and an obsession with creating new ones, although fortunately I do not carry the aforementioned disorder :)



Also, the road to success is paved with failures. It is better to fail many times fast than continue working on an idea that is bound to be a failure. With every failure, you learn better how not to fail.

The cure I found for manic idea creation: work on something that you are really, really interested in. I have been working for the same idea for almost 8 years, on and off - the only problem is that I keep scrapping, rebuilding, and rethinking it :)




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