I call it creative ejaculationism. They all start swimming, but only one or two will get to the finish line. You can learn a lot from the ones who won’t make it, to help the one that will.
Don’t accidentally use the term without definition in a group that doesn’t know it yet lol
The framing that I learn from all the work projects that lose out to the fire of the day really helps me stress less over all the unfinished work. I am better able to do the initial evaluation efficiently and stop working at an earlier stage on things with cost/benefits ratios that don’t justify, and more likely to successfully identify fixes when projects that do justify coalesce.
Would still be nice to fix all the things I know are broken, but I am mostly at peace with the system as it is.
Not pictured: unfinished, abandoned projects
I’m actually on track to finally rework and finish off a twenty year old creative project by the end of the month! 🎉🎉🎉
One (almost) down, eight to go!
You may ask what I was building with all of these unfinished projects.
The thing I was building was myself.
Or “thrifted objects and fantasy of the associated project” and “new shiny thing I found”.
Me opening my notepad to start a new song for the millionth time
Basically my game dev folder. I hit the Perforce free tier workspaces limit multiple times already.
Baking trays and a baking rack can help organize all of your smaller physical projects.
This is a symptom of bipolar disorder.
And ADHD, and just being busy
Don’t forget the nepo baby coworker who is sitting on his phone off to the side doing fuck-all
