You’ve probably heard the term.

It’s meant to convey how difficult it can be to start something.

“Blank page paralysis”.

But for my money, beginning is easy. Finishing is the hard part.

In software, they call it “the last 90%”.

In logistics, they call it “the last mile”.

It’s that final stretch that’s disproportionately hard.

Finishing makes something real and finite, subject to judgment.

As I near completion, there’s a little voice in my head that says, “As long as it’s unfinished, there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s still potentially perfect!”

I don’t struggle with blank page paralysis.

But I am paralyzed in the face of a full page ready for publishing.