What Level of Done Is Done? Knowing When a Project or Goal Is Complete

Nobody hands us a deadline for our own lives. In school, tasks arrived on your desk and completion was clear: you finished it, handed it in, got the next thing. As adults, and especially as artists, entrepreneurs, and self-directed people, we have to decide for ourselves when something is done. And that turns out to be a skill nobody taught us.

In this episode, Blaze digs into the nitty-gritty of completion: when to keep going, when to push harder, when to adjust the goalpost, and when to simply call something done — even halfway through. She explores why we're so uncomfortable with empty space between projects, why we secretly await a confetti-spill moment that never comes, and why realizing that no one else cares about the particulars of your goals is liberating, not sad.

Along the way, Blaze shares how she uses friction as diagnostic information (when she's snapping at everyone, what need isn't being met?) and her own tender realization that she's ready to be complete with micromanaging her daughter's choices. She also opens up about the crushing weight of modern decision-making (kindergarten choices included) and why autumn's quiet is the right season for letting go.

You can always pick things back up. Nothing is truly done, because you are still changing. And the shape, color, and velocity of your goals get to change with you.

You can read the full transcript of What Level of Done is Done here.

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