Hot take: People in my town keep saying 'I'll get to it' and it's killing their projects.

I was helping my neighbor Frank finish his deck, a job he started two summers ago, and he said the same thing he always does: 'I'll get to it next weekend.' That deck is still missing three boards. The epiphany hit me at the hardware store in Springfield last Tuesday. It's not about time, it's about a specific fear of the final step, of calling something done and facing what comes next. How do you push past that last 10% when the project just needs a final push?

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benclark4d ago

Man, that's just how people are with their phones too.

jackson.matthew4d ago

That part about fearing the final step really hits home. I get stuck because once it's done, I have to admit I spent all that time and money on it. So I drag out the last bit to avoid judging my own work.