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First ask yourself: why is finishing so important? You only need to "finish" if there's positive utility from finishing. If you're just working on some project
by jey 17y ago
First ask yourself: why is finishing so important? You only need to "finish" if there's positive utility from finishing. If you're just working on some project for fun, and you've already learned a lot from it and have no real gain from finishing it, why bother? The important thing is to not let yourself quit when there is more utility in finishing than stopping. That would be a problem, but don't berate yourself to finish things for the sake of finishing. Just be constantly self-critical/introspective and aware of the possible outcomes and their expected utility, and be honest with yourself about your reasons for "quitting" or "finishing".
- Retric 17y agoI up voted you because I think that way, but there is often more utility in finishing a project than it might look like 90% of the way there. I find projects that are almost completed tend to get stuck on the same goal. But, with a "finished" project I can go back and add a new piece without the overhead of finishing my previous idea. Basically, when the project already does X you can build Y, but when the project can't do X it's hard to think of or about Y.