I despise being forced to "complete 'it' later" and leaving anything, but married life almost demands constant concession, so much of my life is still lying on the work shop floor LOL

I hate incomplete projects, but being the perfectionist I am, I tend to stress myself out over it. I'm trying to get better though. I'm always the person with the project that everyone else thinks is finished and they're complimenting it, and I'm screaming, "Can't you see! IT'S CRAP! UTTER CRAP! I didn't touch up the primer there... or there, and the bolts don't look as nice as they could, and there's a scratch in the plexiglass!" :P

I think it must be terrible to wake up with the belly still wide opened ....... %-|
You're waking up, your belly is itching, and when you're rubbing it with your nails, all of a sudden you notice that you're scratching your guts .........

Your teacher must be traumatized for life because of this story ... And I understand him ...

Though, if his "hate of incomplete work" became an obsession and a source of problem, he should probably go to see a psychologist.

Voila. That's what this story made me thinking =o)

How exactly, could the patient fire the doctor (should be surgeon)? L

I have 13 part-finished Instructables on the site, including two that could have gone in the Launch It competition and one that was destined for the Science Fair competition but was scuppered by the weather (I needed a full day in one place with sunlight for most of the day). I also have a dozen or more project ideas in my 4am notebook, only two or three of which have made it to public view so far. Am I bothered? Only that there don't seem to be as many hours in the day as there used to be...

After 4 or so months of having pictures sitting in my computer, I've finally decided to do the Instructable I've been too lazy to do (at 2 in the morning)...

i have started over 10 projects this year completed 1 ( a door for home) so i only work on them when i want too and sometimes it months before i get the urge, now i am back working on a 3 axis milling machine so far i have the frame.. motors bought _{lets see was going hand make a long bow, cant find it now, start a 30 minute movie,learning that now got the cameras, make a toolpost for my lathe started, make a self feed for my mill (manual) fix my bmw,well you get the point i hate to work on fun stuff when its not fun then it becomes work!!! yuck...}

And the moral of the story is.... You have a chinese teacher?

He made up the the doctor didn't close him up part to get his point across.

As for incomplete work, if money, time, and my/other people's neck is on the line, then I'm very serious about it.
But if it's just the case of too lazy to finish an ible, think that's alright.. : -)