Need a better plan

have not been that productive. I haven’t been looking for a job.
I had bigger plans. I was going to do my own programming so that I can start to like it again. But I have no deadline and no one asking for it, so motivation has been lacking. I’ll make excuses: I do better later in the day; I’m feeling ill; Just one more episode of TV.
This is not the way things should be going.
I think I need to start logging what I’m doing in my program. Dare I even say, put the application up to be downloaded? If people know (even if they are theoretical people) and are watching me, I’ll feel much more accountable.
Let’s see if this takes.
I did do an interview last week with a major New York company. They found me, not the other way around. They weren’t exactly interviews, but tests to see how well I knew programming. The first test I passed, but it was mostly basic stuff I learned/forgot in University. The second test I did not do nearly as well on; they asked hypothetical programming problems and asked the best way to implement them. I gave answers, but I thought of better ones five minutes after it was over. They haven’t called back.
I fear that I am rusty in my programming. My last job was mostly about fixing bugs instead of implementing new code. And new code is where I want to be. I need to get back in practice.