[justinyee17]

Ah, I mainly work on web apps where a homepage is enough to be considered a functional base, but I suppose it's impossible to have 20% of an algorithm working...

If I may surmise, the answer to "what if" may just depend on how these unfinished projects affect you. Do you feel guilt or stress? Analysis paralysis?

A bit more personal anecdotes - I often put off stuff, which led to a growing backlog to think about, which kept spiraling. But also through the natural accord, there's a critical point where the stress gets so overwhelming, I snap and go "screw it, just pick something and do it already." And so it gets done.

Thinking about a whole project makes me dizzy, but I made progress with tiny parts at a time. Basically, the idea of solving a big problem by breaking it into a bunch of tiny ones, even as small as a one-line change.

When I was truly stuck, often it was because I'd thought myself into an unsolvable problem. "It has to be this way." I thought brute force would get me through, but there was always a simpler and better way I had to realize. Using a package instead of reimplementing from scratch, for example.

I've also found it difficult to work alone. It's impossible to excel at every aspect, and a project usually has multiple dimensions. Perhaps sharing more detailed problems to discuss (like this one!) could unlock some progress.

Though if none of these apply and there are no particularly negative feelings, then I think it's a matter of going with the flow until the time's right. ( ˘⌣˘)