I think this is an extremely common experience. At least it maps really well to what I've gone through. Small surges of "motivation" wherein I embark on project

I think this is an extremely common experience. At least it maps really well to what I've gone through. Small surges of "motivation" wherein I embark on projects and then they taper off, constant battles with procrastination, etc. However, at least in my experience, it's possible to develop tools and systems to stay disciplined enough to finish what I committed to. Not every tool works for every type of project so it's a constant battle. The good news, though, is that you can fail at this as many times as you'd like (I certainly have) but you only have to succeed once!