It's difficult alright. My father is very academic and he tends to start projects but not finish them. I also recognise the same fault in myself. But I've fou

It's difficult alright. My father is very academic and he tends to start projects but not finish them. I also recognise the same fault in myself. But I've fought it hard and won a few times with some long-term successes (using a variety of personal strategies to avoid my unproductive tendencies). We have many concepts related to what you are saying: analysis-paralysis, productivity porn, ivory tower, etcetera, etcetera. I find the fields of psychology and philosophy are mostly tar-fields of unactionable thinking. Unfortunately I also find them interesting! Finding the gems in the tar is hard, but Adam seems to find a few of them. Here's another article of Adam's that seems relevant: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/excuse-me-but-why-are-you-eating https://www.experimental-history.com/p/excuse-me-but-why-are...