I've found it's one thing to make a ToDo list, but completely another thing to complete the items on it. What I've found is that there are actually (at least)

I've found it's one thing to make a ToDo list, but completely another thing to complete the items on it. What I've found is that there are actually (at least) two major things that get in the way of finishing up projects. The first is knowing what you need to do, which a todo list solves. But, all too often I used to stare blankly at the "todo" list, and while it was comforting to know what needed to be done (and actually quite fun to come up with these things), I'd still have the overarching feeling that "it's really going to suck doing these things, and I really don't want to do them." The way I get over this second hump, the way I actually get myself to do things that I know need to be done, is pretty simple. I sit down and imagine how it's going to feel when I finish doing these easy tasks, and how I'm going to feel when I've conquered this list, and seen my idea through all the way. I know it's going to feel great to finish the things, so why not just do them already? The more I think about it, the more I get excited to go to work. If your goal of completing your todo list is "I get to feel what it's like to conquer these things, to completely realize this idea or project of mine from beginning to end" as opposed to "I just need to do this drudgery," then you might find yourself being propelled by your own desire to feel good, and you might even have fun doing it.