I will rarely let go of an idea, but I can calculate the probability that I'll ever pick a project up again.
I don't feel sorry that some things I will never get back to:
It's only because more interesting projects will always pop up before I get to the end of the stack.
The same is true for browser tabs: My mind could literally go in a thousand directions, many of which lead elsewhere and not back.
I'm cautious of throwing things away, because there are projects I've got back to after 5 years.
Most often I'm going back to something after less than 6 months to understand what I did, so I can copy it in a similar project.
The best quality of a spurious project is that it stacks against other things: When (not if) I abandon the project, I've made reusable components.
And I'm cautious of making big initial investments if the project will fall behind.
I will rarely let go of an idea, but I can calculate the probability that I'll ever pick a project up again.
I don't feel sorry that some things I will never get back to:
It's only because more interesting projects will always pop up before I get to the end of the stack.
The same is true for browser tabs: My mind could literally go in a thousand directions, many of which lead elsewhere and not back.
I'm cautious of throwing things away, because there are projects I've got back to after 5 years.
Most often I'm going back to something after less than 6 months to understand what I did, so I can copy it in a similar project.
The best quality of a spurious project is that it stacks against other things: When (not if) I abandon the project, I've made reusable components.
And I'm cautious of making big initial investments if the project will fall behind.