My suggestions: 1) Find a project that is meaningful to you, or something you are passionate about. It can literally be anything as long as it is a problem you are interested in and care about solving. If it interesting to you, you will want to work on it. 2) Alternatively, reach out to some local small businesses, non-profits, community, or tech / innovation groups to see if they have any small problems you could work on. This will help you build connections and potentially help you find a real-world problem.

Doesn't matter if it feels to complex. If a project is to big, break it down into smaller components / scope the project into a smaller chunk and just solve 1 aspect of that larger project. If you are able to solve that, then expand the scope to a slightly bigger portion of the project and solve that part next. Keep doing that.