I read that telling someone about a project triggers the same neural responses that finishing that same project would do, and can make you more prone to leaving it unfinished. I’ve started doing my best to keep super quiet about stuff if it’s a project that I really want/need to actually finish. It’s been working surprisingly well for me!
Yeah I still don’t know how to make half-finished projects more exciting than new ones. That might be a forever problem, but let’s just say the science isn’t out yet. Gotta stay hopeful lmao
You might have luck with some of that intimidation with just repetition/experience. Like I hardly get scared away from metalwork anymore because I’ve been doing a ton of it this year, but I’m still really slow at and kinda scared of painting.
The big killer for me is when anything starts going better then expected, and now I’m suddenly more worried about ruining it than I am excited/confident to finish it. I try to remind myself as often as possible that I stand to learn more from one failure than I could from ten successes.
Anywho I’m definitely rambling now, sorry for that lol
The universe appreciates your excitement. My issue ultimately ended up being comfortable to give myself permission to spend time on the things that excited me.
If only someone could appreciate my excitement and not my commitment.
I read that telling someone about a project triggers the same neural responses that finishing that same project would do, and can make you more prone to leaving it unfinished. I’ve started doing my best to keep super quiet about stuff if it’s a project that I really want/need to actually finish. It’s been working surprisingly well for me!
Most of time finishing something feels like getting home in time to poop rather than an accomplishment.
Yeah I still don’t know how to make half-finished projects more exciting than new ones. That might be a forever problem, but let’s just say the science isn’t out yet. Gotta stay hopeful lmao
Same, Half the time I think I bite off more than I can chew and intimidation sets in after the excitement drops.
You might have luck with some of that intimidation with just repetition/experience. Like I hardly get scared away from metalwork anymore because I’ve been doing a ton of it this year, but I’m still really slow at and kinda scared of painting.
The big killer for me is when anything starts going better then expected, and now I’m suddenly more worried about ruining it than I am excited/confident to finish it. I try to remind myself as often as possible that I stand to learn more from one failure than I could from ten successes.
Anywho I’m definitely rambling now, sorry for that lol
Is getting home in time to poop not an accomplishment?
I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time. Well, not today!
I feel like that is really true for me
This explains a lot.
No wonder Brandon Sanderson has been writing so many secret novels
No wonder I never finished stuff. I can’t bare the thought of not showing someone, anyone the awesome stuff I just did in my project.
Showing off stuff you did is great.
You want to avoid telling people what you’re “going to do”.
Ahh, that explains why I can never finish making my video games.
The universe appreciates your excitement. My issue ultimately ended up being comfortable to give myself permission to spend time on the things that excited me.