"starting" is ambiguous. I really meant "getting to work".
Thinking about new things and maybe throwing down a few ideas is indeed easy and pleasant.
But deciding to spend a few hours to move a project (instead of not) is what the brain hates. It hates commitment, and is very afraid of the opportunity cost.
Nah, I'm with parent commenter on this. When I'm excited about something I have no problem diving into it for hours on end. But when I know that something is 90% done and it just needs to be tidied up, I will do anything other than working on it. Either everything from solving the hardest problem to being completely done happens in one sitting, or it never gets finished.
Thinking about new things and maybe throwing down a few ideas is indeed easy and pleasant.
But deciding to spend a few hours to move a project (instead of not) is what the brain hates. It hates commitment, and is very afraid of the opportunity cost.