I used to struggle with leaving anything undone. Finishing, for me, was imperative. Perhaps it's because of adages like these: Stick to a task till it sticks to you, beginners are many and finishers are few. Winners never quit and quitters never win. Such sayings surely played a part in my being unable to leave any task incomplete. Finishing, of course, isn't always a bad thing. In fact, every morning I'm grateful I cleaned the kitchen before going to bed so that I don't wake up to last night's dishes. Sometimes, I'll admit, it's terribly inconvenient to make everyone wait till I finish the dishes before we move on to our next adventure, but I'm getting better at being able to leave things unfinished, knowing full well that if it's important, I'll get it done soon enough--and if I don't get back around to it, finishing must have not been that imperative. The problem with thinking everything has a finish, or is simply a task that must b...