WHY YOU DON’T FINISH THE . . .

MAYBE IT’S THE GARAGE clean-out. Maybe it’s your side-hustle documentary. Maybe you’re ...writingapiecefor Men’s Health. Regardless of the project, the story arc is usually the same: you embark on the journey feeling exhilarated and capable. Fast-forward a few days, a week, maybe even a month. Now there are half-empty boxes all over the driveway, reference materials burying the dining-room table, tools in the hall. And what are you doing instead of finishing your project? (Is that Fortnite? Are those Doritos?)

There’s a reason many of us have something like a half-painted kitchen weighing