It varies.

A "work project" like repairing a piece of equipment, remodeling some part of the house or building something in the shop tends to be in the "work on it until it's done" class.

Some hobby projects get delayed for various reasons. Lack of materials, lack of time, temporary loss of interest, a sticking point that I need to walk away from for a while. I had a brass toy project wind up on the back burner for more than a year because I got so frustrated with it.

Some taper off because the learning curve is too steep or it becomes too much like work. Just not enjoying it. Computers and Arduino projects are prime examples. I keep the stuff around in case interest is rekindled and what the hell, it's all paid for anyway.

And finally, some are seasonal. I'm just now getting back to my farm diorama after taking the Summer off for other pursuits. I have trouble filling my time in the Winter, not being into sports in general and Winter sports in particular. I try to "make it last" and stretch things out with frequent breaks.

I was going to join the Procrastinators Club, but just never got around completing the application process.

Turns out I've been accepted by them anyway.

Somethings fishy about that.

I'll think about it lat

I worked delivering snacks for a career. I had to service a number of bars. When I was in those stops there were usually the same people in there always talking about what they're GOING to do one of these days. All talk . Just drinking beer and talking about the great things they will never accomplish. What a waste of a life.

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I worked delivering snacks for a career. I had to service a number of bars. When I was in those stops there were usually the same people in there always talking about what they're GOING to do one of these days. All talk . Just drinking beer and talking about the great things they will never accomplish. What a waste of a life.

Same people. I rarely ever start a project before finishing the first. Once you have too much started it can overwhelm and you end up doing nothing. It's too mentally draining for me to have a bunch of stuff up in the air. I just have to get it done. I feel the same way when I go into someones home that has a ton of stuff everywhere.

My wife was a career 'administrative assistant' in the tech corporate world. She prided herself on being able to multi-task. She was frequently gigged for having so much on her desk, but not finishing one assignment before taking on another.

Now she works on her hobby for hours a day. Same issue, starts but doesn't finish one project before starting three more.

I plan and organize what I want to accomplish. I take my time doing the project so it's done to my satisfaction. I get one project done before I take on another. I can do one thing at a time really well, but not half a dozen things without something getting done half ass.

I do not start quickly. Particularly if I am being pushed. But when I do I own that shit. Wife wanted to hang new window treatments on six window. When I got around to it I had a new Dewalt cordless driver, $60.00 tool belt, Full box of the shortest drywall screws you ever saw (but only needed 12), brand new drop cloth.

When will she learn?

I get everything done eventually. In reality it's triage or late night cramming before finals. I prioritize stuff, highest or time dependant always gets done, less important or time sensitive gets procrastinated on.

If I start it, I will finish it.

But sometimes getting me to start it can be a challenge....

Agreed, If I start it I finish it but I have lots of ideas I never start. That makes me mad.

Why did you make this post political with the Biden bit? Curious.

What is finished? I run two orphanages in Kenya and Uganda which will never be finished, how does that fit into this?

I finish them, but most often not before the interrupted by other projects, emergencies, opportunities that pop up, etc. it may be that I have what a friend described in himself as “adult onset ADD”. Sigh...

Most of my projects get finished, but depends on what gets in the way. As slosig said "I finish them, but most often not before the interrupted by other projects, emergencies, opportunities that pop up, etc." This is me to a "T"! Right now that fall is here, we are in the woods at our hunting shack preparing for deer season in 1.5 months. Just had power run in to it, so we are now in the process of trenching our shack and out buildings for power. No more generators and propane. Plus we have Wifi now too, lol!

Depends... The reality is, most of my projects, at least at work, do not have an end, so they get "tinkered" on, as I have time...

Unfortunately, that has creeped into projects in my personal life, to an extent.

It may take me a while to get started on a project, but once I start, my wife says that it's like I'm obsessed.

I have multiple projects going on all the time.

Wifes projects get some priority most of the time. I often have other smaller projects going on as time permits. Some happen as weather permits.

I am a small contractor, so those have some priority as well. My fees are low so these projects go at my pace.

Then there are the personal projects. These fit in somewhere. One finished today was the removal of a stump. There was a small tree potentially growing in our septic field. It was cut down years ago, the stump was buried and did not re-sprout. Theory was after rotting it would come out without damage to anything else below ground. Today, some 10+ years later, it was dug up and removed. It worked out as planned. Check that one off.
Another of “my” projects - 20’ Chriscraft mahogany runabout. Built to a style of one from 1939. Started in 2001. Currently on a trailer in my barn (built that too). Finished except for some very basic wiring. The boat, Ellie, has never been in the water. At this stage the finish needs renewed. Not on the current list. It is somewhere behind the current work on several motorcycles.
The wife’s list is a hardwood floor in one of the bedrooms. This starts in a matter of days.

My barn is full of projects, waiting for me to get to them. I am now at a stage of thinning the list, as I will not live long enough to get to them all.

I used to put off National Procrastination Week.

I've gotten better over the years, with my wife's help.

The older I get, the harder it is to finish my-our own projects. My job as a plumber comes first, my customers know this and it really has been good for me.

Our home projects, and rental projects come second and as I get older, the energy level is falling. At the end of my regular workday, I am pretty much spent. So guess what my weekends consist of, more work
Bought a boat this year and haven't used it much, as rentals come first on the weekends.
Our hope is that this year is the work year and then the play year next summer according to my wife---yep. Will believe it when I experience it next year

Professionally? No. I’m a Construction estimator. It’s my job to give somebody else a project to finish.

At home? Yes, to some jobs may take a while, but not longer than a year.

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