[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by calvin-c

I wonder if you have the same problem I do, that of finding it hard to quit anything I start. I've read far too many books where I've reached the end wondering why I bothered to finish it.

I don't know if it's a problem, but I *WILL* finish anything I start, even if it takes a restart after 10 years. Computer games are a frequent source of doing this, at least for me.

Example: I acquired Icewind Dale II in 2002, started it, got sidetracked, and never finished it. It's now 2013, but someday, I will restart this game and finish it, even if it takes until 2017 or 2030 and I need to run a 30-year old Windows XP or 98 in a VM to do it.

The same is true with books: if I start one, I will finish it. I might put it on hold for weeks and read other books in between, but it will get finished.

Spoiler:

There is only one thing that I didn't finish which is now impossible to finish, for all intents and purposes. I switched from one study (English/Dutch teacher) to another (Software Engineer). I actually got "asked" to leave, because I couldn't remove my Dutch accent while speaking English, and the teachers thought I would never be able to.

That study can't be finished without restarting from the beginning and going back to uni full time, which is not feasible at my current age. As I have a diploma in Software Engineering, it's also impractical, prohibitively expensive, and I will gain nothing if I should (could) do it.

It *might* happen that I still "sort of finish it" by getting a teaching certificate in the field of Software Engineering one day. I'm actually thinking about doing that.

Actually, I don't really see this as a problem; more like some sort of stubborn perseverance. In the end, it has gotten me several things that many people thought were too hard or impossible to get.