The best way to start a project [closed]

Question

When you are starting a personal programming project, what is your first step? I'm trying to start a project thats just an idea at the moment. I get lots of these and I dive right into the code and after a while just completely lose interest and or just forget about the project.

When you are starting, what is your first step? do you plan out the project? make a diagram? write some code on paper? How do you start a project in a manner that you know you will succeed?

Answer 1

The only thing that works for me: Create the smallest possible implementation of it that's somehow usable and then use it.