That Stopping Point

I have a dreadful habit of allllmmmost finishing a project, and then abandoning it.

The basement is alllllllllmmmmost finished.

I got this far: I made a pile in the center of the basement. A pile of everything that will go on the shelves once they are assembled.

Then, Gary helped me put together the frame for one set of shelves. I added the crossbar and wire for one shelf and put bins on it!

And now I'm done! Ta da!

All my interest in the basement? Shelved. Really, the basement's the last place I want to be lately.

The scary thing is, I need to get the basement project done in the next few weeks, because March is Gary's Birthday Month. He says he wants to help, but I don't see the basement taking precedence over the Netflix Battlestar Galactica Marathon that is Gary's life of late.

Comments

[Arlene]

Is it because now that you've got a start, the job has become boring? What about music while you work? Or maybe listening to a book or podcast? Might add a little pleasant mental stimulation to the task.

[Hattie]

It isn't at such a bad point, you know. It looks very neat. And after all it is a basement.

[TheQueen]

Arlene - gary once explained that the reason he didn't finish projects was because he'd have to confront the difference between his vision and the reality. That might be it.
Hattie - Oh, no. Things are piled! It won't do.

[Kristie]

Me too with the abandoning projects, but I never get quite that far into my projects before I quit. I still say well done to you! And I have to find a bin in my house marked "youth"...assuming that you can reach in and retrieve some. THAT would be some kind of awesome right there.
I may have that vision vs. reality thing happening too. At least that seems like a better explanation than "I'm lazy".

[TheQueen]

Kristie - The Youth bin has my Spirograph, my tiny tea set, and my love letters. And yes, it would be nice to reach in and get, say, my sex drive.