So many starts, so few finishes

lycisy

I know exactly what you mean. I felt the same way.
I was constantly seeing something new and exciting that I absolutely had to knit.
The mountain of wips was constantly growing.
Last year, when I moved house, I saw what had piled up. A really insanely large stash, which will probably last me until my 400th birthday, and wips without end.

Now something like discipline has actually returned.
Im still knitting new projects, but I have to finish one wip per new project.
And - amazingly - it actually works.
Im keeping my fingers crossed that it lasts forever.

babo4ka

@lycisy, thank you for your advice! I am taking one of my WIPs (Dimensions Indian Peacock) and move it to our motorhome which is parked in a place of real peacocks. I thought it would be stimulating to stitch this WIP while watching real peacocks walk around the grounds. So every time I visit that place, I put my hands on this project and move it along, bit by bit.

celiamerula

I too get to thinking of my next project before Im half finished the one Im working on.  I have two pieces of advice that have worked for me:  after a big project, work on a few small ones (greeting card size maybe, use up some fabric and floss scraps); I also try to imagine myself stitching the design - too many blocks of one just one colour is not fun :(

eeyoresfriend

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Small bites (metaphorically speaking) of say an hour or two a week and you can make a dent in those wips
Also, get a notebook and make a list of the works you have on the go and perhaps a guesstimate of how much time left to complete and identify what you will do with it, could you gift it? Is there a suitable date (birthday/anniversary) you could aim for?