The Nally Notes

I just realized this truth about my world: nothing is ever finished. I seem to have a talent (or a passion) for taking on the types of projects that are never done. Genealogy – there’s always another dead relative to dig up. Scrapbooking – there’s always more pictures being taken. Websites – there’s always more entries to write.

Between these projects and the churning demands of daily life, no wonder I constantly have a mile-long to-do list and lie awake at night thinking about all the things I need to do. I will never be done. The best I can hope for is under control and manageable.

I came to this realization while contemplating the launch of a new website that I want to create. I keep thinking that I will do it when I am finished building out my current sites. While going over plans for those sites today and making updates and changes to them, it dawned on me that they are constantly changing. The very nature of a website is that it isn’t static.

There is always another new tool to try, design to freshen, advertising to experiment with or update, or new content to add. There is no such thing as a "finished" site when you are maintaining it.

So I’ve had to decide to set new goals and standards for myself. I’m going to make a list of high priority content and changes that I want to add to the existing site and then I will move on to creating the new site. Because if I don’t, the new site will never happen. Because "finished" will never happen.