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by mordae 974 days ago
I have pretty severe GFS and one part of it is that once you understand what you are building, you don't really wish to finish it and continue on a more stimulating tangent.

On the other hand, teaching others stuff that doesn't (by itself) stimulate you anymore gives you an opportunity to check the quality of your understanding and is also fun in itself.

Another way to finish is to build a birthday gift and thus impose a deadline on yourself.

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This is such a major problem! I have so many half finished projects because I got to the understanding portion and moved onto something more interesting.

Or perhaps I’m just coping and telling myself that to deny that I have really bad attention and impulsivity issues