I looked at my dev folder this morning. There were forty-two directories. Only three of them generate revenue or offer value to actual users.
The other thirty-nine are digital ghosts. They eat mental bandwidth every time I scan the list. They create the illusion of progress while I do zero work.
Every unfinished project acts as a tax on your focus. It reminds you of a failure or a half-baked idea that distracted you from the work that matters. You cannot build the future while you are dragging the corpses of the past.
Set a timer for ten minutes. If you have not opened the repo in ninety days, delete it. Do not archive it. Do not move it to an external drive for later.
Deleting creates space. It forces you to prioritize the few bets that actually move the needle for your business. Empty folders keep your brain clean.
Go to your terminal right now. Find the projects that are taking up space and remove them from your machine.
Victor Solano