The Project Project
Finishing what I’ve started
3. Finish projects. I have a swathe of unfinished projects in my wake this year and I don’t feel great about it. The projects I have finished (or got to defined break points) feel really good. So in 2025 I’d like more of the latter feelings and fewer of the former. [From the last post in my 2024 Hobby Log here on the site.]
It’s not unusual for people in our hobby to have a mountain of unfinished (or bought but never started) projects. In fact, it’s probably the norm. It annoys me about myself though.
Just on this project system I have (across two profiles) 40 something projects. Only 11 of them are completed. I have no problems leaving projects behind that I’m not interested in any more, I have limited space and so things get sold or given away if they don’t generate excitement. There are 7 projects that have been straight up cancelled and won’t be coming back. For this project, I’m talking here about the projects I still want to get to at some point.
The plan then is simple; amongst all the current things I’m working on, pick out older projects and finish them. Easy said, easy done?
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