If you work relentlessly to completion, count your blessings (assuming you're actually achieving completion, not just stuck in recursive perfectionism). The problem most creatives I know encounter is not completing things, because they chase the shiny new ideas that come to them constantly.
I certainly used to be that way, but in the past year or two I’ve grown. Doing a short one-off project from start to finish is fine, as long as it doesn’t get out of hand. But I’m making a long bet on a programming language project and there’s little time for anything else.
Besides, it seems better to think in terms of tasks, not projects. What is the most concrete thing I can do right now? Even if it’s large and daunting, I think you can always be productive as long as your goals are specific enough to be actionable.
