I think many of us have the impression that once we start something, we HAVE to finish. We’ve all seen them, the memes of “unfinished projects”

It’s OK to Abandon* Projects

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2024-11-25 22:00:08

I think many of us have the impression that once we start something, we HAVE to finish. We’ve all seen them, the memes of “unfinished projects” haunting us and whatnot.

It’s okay to start something and not finish it. Some projects are meant to never be finished. Some projects are meant to be put aside to come back to later, and some ideas are simply better than others. If you feel like an idea you’re pursuing is not worth pushing anymore, you arrive at a crossroads where you have to ask yourself if you should pivot or persevere

And by that, I mean you can dig deeper and find a way to make the original idea worth pursuing again. Or, maybe it’s not worth it because of so many extremely valid reasons, in which case you pivot and go work on something else.

Sure, finishing things is important because you get to build a “shelf” of finished projects you can point to and see how much you’ve accomplished. But I still think that unfinished projects are accomplishments. Smaller, true, but we still learned things in the process, and that counts. That’s enough.