Ask HN: Why is nearing completion so demotivating?
When your project is finished, the dream is dead and the reality is born.  The death of a dream is like the death of a friend.  It's probably been with you for a long time -- longer even than the length of the project.  A dream is the manifestation of what's possible.  When it is over, the possible diminishes very quickly and you are left with what actually is.  Will people respond well to your project -- in the dream stage it is possible; everything is possible.  In the reality stage, it will only be what it is.<p>So while it's common to think of a release as a birth of something new, realise that you also have a significant loss.  You will mourn that loss.  Give yourself some emotional space to deal with the mourning.