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Counterpoint: do what actually matters to you. You may constantly start projects and never finish them, but that may actually be serving your need for experimen
by turnsout 3y ago
Counterpoint: do what actually matters to you. You may constantly start projects and never finish them, but that may actually be serving your need for experimentation and learning. For someone else, that same behavior might be unhealthy avoidance. If "finishing" a project (software is never done) is something that matters to you, find ways to work towards that goal. I've shipped plenty of things, but also walked away from 10X more projects that were "90%" done, because I got what I needed out of them.
- xwowsersx 3y agoI agree with your idea, but I don't see at as a counterpoint. I don't read this post as making an axiological statement about the would-be reader's work (I may have read it wrong though!). To me, the article assumes that "finishing" the thing is something the reader already values, or at least does in many cases. And the author is offering some advice for how to stick to it and power through even when there are painful stages along the route to what the reader already wants. I see this as trivially or obviously true too, namely the idea that not every moment or every ounce of work on the way to something you yourself really deeply desire will feel like elation and fun.