Stop Forcing Yourself to Finish Everything You Write

When it comes to writing, the beauty of a rough draft is that you can return to it at any point

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One of my biggest pet peeves in life is unfinished projects — or just starting anything in general and not finishing it. It could be a story that I’m in the middle of telling, a movie that I only got halfway through, a meal that I ate at literally any restaurant, or worst of all, an unfinished draft of an article that I’ve written in the past.

I don’t know what it is, but I just hate the thought of things being left unfinished. I hate half-baked ideas, half-baked plans, half-completed tasks, all of it. And I think a large part of that could be the type A side of my personality, but whatever the reason may be, it’s something that just really gets on my nerves. As a Writer though, this pretty much sets myself up for a lifetime of failure and disappointment because Writers are constantly starting drafts of work that may or may not eventually get published.

Personally, I know that I’m constantly jotting down random ideas for articles, brainstorming potential headlines, or even just documenting passing thoughts that float through my mind. But, that doesn’t mean that every passing thought that I have necessarily turns into a great article. Sometimes…