How to overcome the impasse in the work on the project?

Question

Design

Hello!
There is a project in the works (site design). Initially, the client did not set deadlines and did not rush me. I threw in the concept, made the design of several pages. Showed them to the client. I liked everything, only the client wanted to add something else to the site and make minor adjustments. And it was necessary to wait until some objects were completed, the photographer would come, take pictures and it would be possible to add it to the site. In the meantime, I was told to make the changes that can be made, without new photos.
And now I'm stuck. I made those changes and that's it. I'm stuck, I can't bring myself to do anything else on this site. After editing the site, I stopped liking it, lost interest in it. I don’t call or write to the customer, and he doesn’t call me, he doesn’t push me. In general, an idiotic story. This has been going on since winter. I understand that I need to finish the project, but as soon as I open the layout and I want to make a presentation to show the customer - a stupor. Many pages have already been made.
This is roughly the situation. Has anyone encountered such a struggle?

Answer 1

Well, if you don't want money for a project, don't call or write.

Answer 2

eyes are afraid - hands are doing, you need to motivate yourself, if money is not motivation, then let it be points, achievements (you can call it whatever you like), did a certain stage - I got something for myself (it’s nice for myself), and after passing there is no thought that someone owes someone

Answer 3

Try a change of scenery. Do you usually work at home? Then go out and work in a cafe. Break the emotional mold you've created with this layout.
A designer friend of mine once got so stuck with a mobile site layout that I was waiting for her to work with. Couldn't finish it for six months.
My presence helped her: I came personally and in discussion with me, everything was done in a sketch in 3-4 hours of work.

Answer 4

I am constantly in this situation, only I work not for the client, but in the state for the owner.
Now, for example, too - suddenly it occurred to me to optimize a site that has been online for more than six months. At the same time, if you listen 100% to what they want, the front changes will be so radical that it breaks everything, it's easier to make a new design. And the situation is the same with photographs, while the firm has a full-time photographer. The girl is young, either she doesn’t know how, or she doesn’t understand, but the product gives out rare shit.
How I struggle - nothing special:
1- I do everything exactly as the boss wants.
2- no opinion of my own, I just present everything, unless of course this is the first option, but the second, third, tenth alteration.
3. If the boss likes it, for God's sake.
4. If not, he eventually returns to my version 90% of the time.
5. In the process, while they are all procrastinating there, I am doing what I really like and find interesting. Fortunately, there are always such things, at the very least you can always find something to do, at least with the same self-education.
To be fair, if there was a client, I would probably behave differently, since the earnings are hourly and do not depend on the number of projects.

Answer 5

And squeeze the testicles tighter and finish it?
I'm surprised you rate your work in terms of like/dislike. Yes, you may not like anything, the main thing is to satisfy the customer (Well, within reasonable limits, of course). So the time you spent writing a question in the Toaster could have gone into creating a couple of presentation slides.

Answer 6

Find one least indifferent element or block (the most attractive or the most annoying) and make it as good as possible. If it works, there can be an emotional uplift from the fact that you have done something worthwhile or have grown a little in skills, you want to challenge other parts of the design.