Anecdotally, I still wind up stopping because... I&#x27;m a lazy bastard. Feeling like you&#x27;ve failed on a random project that you talked about is demotivating, so I can see the point both ways. I renovated my master bathroom several years ago and had talked about it at work, but I&#x27;m lazy ;) so it took about a year to complete. Being the butt of the &quot;so how&#x27;s the bathroom going ;D&quot; joke at work did not really help my motivation on it, having an upcoming wedding and needing to get it finished did.<p>I&#x27;ve been working on doing only one project at a time, which has helped with my success rate and self worth. I still think about several and have a hard time focusing, but I try not to talk about them until they&#x27;re actually in progress if at all.