You Start it, Now Finish it Bro

Hey,

I’ve been thinking about something. Something about beginnings and endings.

There was a project I started about a month ago. I was so excited. I planned everything perfectly. I told my father about it. I could already picture how it would look when it was done.

And then….. life happened. A busy season at work, few personal things came up. My motivation was dipped. That project it slowly moved to the back burner, then to the corner of my desk, then into a folder on my computer I rarely opened.

The Weight of the Unfinished

What I’ve learned is that an unfinished project carries a different kind of weight. The weight of potential work. Where the ghost of the person you were when you started, whispering to the person you are now. “Remember me? Remember how fired up we were?”

That weight isn’t heavy like a barbell. It’s subtle. It show up as a slight hesitation when somebody asks, “So what are you working on?” It’s the way you tidy your space and move that “to-do” pile from one spot to another without opening it. It drain a tiny but of your confidence, not all at once, but drip by drip , because deep down, you know you’re capable of more than leaving things incomplete.

The Bridge Between Start and Finish

The spark that ignited you at the start has burned down to embers. You can’t wait for a new spark. You have to fan the embers.

I finally opened that project folder again on a random Tuesday. Not because I felt inspired, but because I was tired of the subtle guilt. I didn’t try to tackle the whole things, I just asked myself: “What is the absolute smallest, next physical action?” For me, it was reopening the document and reading the last paragraph I’d written.

That’s the bridge.

One small, almost insignificant action. and from there, I could take one more. And then another more. Finishing isn’t always about a grand resurgence of your initial passion. It’s about quiet commitment. Showing up for the project when it’s no longer shiny and new, the only reward is the personal satisfaction of crossing the line.

The Person Who Finishes

Starting something introduces you to a version of yourself full of hope and ideas. Finishing introduces you to a version of yourself with grit, discipline, and integrity.

When I finally completed that project, it was rekindled belief in my own follow-through. I proved to myself that my word, even the silent one I gave to myself mattered.

So, think about that thing you started. Something that hovering in the back of your mind. Don't look at the whole doubting distance between here and the end. Just look down and say “What the very next step?” Maybe it's sending one email, opening one file, writing one paragraph, doing one rep.

You taking that step not for the finished product, but for the person you become when you choose to see something though. That person (the finisher) is someone you'll want to take into everything else you do.

You start it. Now, go finish it. I believe in you.

Always.

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