Finish your projects
Starting a project can be full of excitement, hope, and blissful productivity. Finishing that last ten percent, however, can feel like too much. Here’s how to get past that and actually finish.
Starting a new project is a rush. The possibilities are infinite. There's no legacy code dragging you down; we're only making good decisions this time! The beginning of any project is always characterized by blissful productivity. There's so much to be done. How could you not get a lot done in a short amount of time? Edge cases don't exist. There are only happy paths. There are no hard decisions, no tradeoffs, no users, and no customers. Just you and an infinite canvas. Sooner or later, the blissful productivity gives way to something that feels much more like... work. More like a grind.…
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