In the old days of Magnus Magnusson being quizmaster on Mastermind he used to say ‘I’ve started so I’ll finish,’ if the buzzer interrupted his delivery of a question. Well good for you, Magnus, and everyone else who can see things through to completion because I fucking well can’t.
It goes like this –
I’ve started so I’ll finish.
I’ve started and there’s a slight possibility I won’t finish when I want to finish.
I’ve started and I’ll finish tomorrow.
I’ve started and I’ve got a quarter of the way through but I don’t know what to do next.
I’ve started and the complications are coming in thick and fast.
I’ve started and I’ve ballsed it right up somewhere along the line but I don’t know where.
I’ve started and I’M TRYING MY FUCKING BEST, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
I’ve started and waffle, waffle, waffle, blah, blah, blah.
I’ve started and I’ve lost all interest in it, it’s boring me.
I’ve started and I’ll file it away till my brain starts working again.
I’ve started and I’ll NEVER, EVER finish because I NEVER FINISH ANYTHING I’VE STARTED.
Why do I even bother?
EDIT EDIT EDIT – I forgot to add this one –
I’ve started and I’ve deleted it.
Mental Mama
/ May 2, 2012I’m right there with you today. Only I can’t even seem to start anything. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 2, 2012Dear Mental Mama,
It’s shite, isn’t it?
Love Dotty xxx
Mental Mama
/ May 2, 2012Dear Dotty,
Almost. It’s fucking shite. At least for me it is.
hugs, MM
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 2, 2012Dear Mental Mama,
Love Dotty xxx
owl
/ May 2, 2012Dear Dotty,
Gads, that’s exactly it.
Love,
Owl
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 2, 2012Dear owl,
Yep.
Love Dotty xxx
Tammy @ LaughingAtEverydayLife
/ May 2, 2012Sounds like how I do things….
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 2, 2012Dear Brick,
…or don’t do things?
Love Dotty xxx
Tammy @ LaughingAtEverydayLife
/ May 2, 2012EGGGsactly!
Dorothy
/ May 2, 2012Dear Dotty,
That’s why part of my kitchen has old wallpaper and part of my kitchen has no wallpaper. Maybe I’ll finish it in three years…..maybe.
Love Dorothy
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 2, 2012Dear Dorothy,
I’ve lived here for five years and I’ve only decorated one room and slapped a bit of paint on the kitchen.
Love Dotty xxx
Dorothy
/ May 2, 2012Dear Dotty,
Please, don’t discount the hard work that went into bricking up the front door!!
Now that my front porch is gone I was seriously thinking of a moat but it’s just too much hard work for me.
Love Dorothy
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 2, 2012Dear Dorothy,
But I didn’t finish bricking up the front door, Scotty did it.
Make your moat a bit at a time, one little pond then another little pond so that if you don’t ever finish it, you’ll have some nice little ponds instead.
Love Dotty xxx
Dorothy
/ May 3, 2012Dear Dotty,
That is a very good idea! I had been thinking about making a water garden this year anyway. I can start out front! Thank you!
Love Dorothy
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear Dorothy,
You’re welcome.
Love Dotty xxx
P.S. You can come and do my garden if you want, it’s a right mess since I haven’t been out in it.
Dorothy
/ May 3, 2012Thank you Dotty!
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear Dorothy,
You’re welcome.
Love Dotty xxx
vintage93
/ May 2, 2012Yep. I can add “I’ve started and what the hell was I thinking.”
Best regards
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 2, 2012Dear vintage,
And — I’ve started and OH FUCK!
Love Dotty xxx
Madame Weebles
/ May 2, 2012Dear Dotty,
Yes, I’m familiar with this train of thought, it happens to me quite frequently. Have some Cumberland sausages, maybe they’ll make you feel better.
xoxo Mme Weebles
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 2, 2012Dear Mme Weebles,
I’ve had some – they haven’t.
Love Dotty xxx
pouringmyartout
/ May 2, 2012It’s like you are reading my mind…
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear pmao,
I started to…
Love Dotty xxx
pouringmyartout
/ May 3, 2012It is a dark place… bring a flashlight… or torch, as you might say.
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear pmao,
Do I need a hard hat and wellies?
Love Dotty xxx
pouringmyartout
/ May 3, 2012Yes indeed. And a gas mask or scented handkerchief…
judithatwood
/ May 2, 2012Dear Dotty,
If you don’t want to start and not finish, start at the end and work over your own shoulders. You can do it!
Love,
Judith
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear Judith,
I don’t know what the end is.
Love Dotty xxx
chancedagger
/ May 2, 2012For reasons that are obscure even to myself, your post reminds me of a song: Hello, I Must Be Going. Affirmation and denial, all in one tidy existential package. Sing along, Dottie. Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear Dags,
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Love Dotty xxx
P.S. When I last danced like that I fell over and my knee popped out of its kneehole.
thedeadguy666
/ May 2, 2012I finished breakfast today. That and a sentence. Finished one of those. But that’s about all. Quiet good at starting things that will never get finished though. Almost like a superpower for me. Definitely not finished with that. Glad to know I am not the only one with that problem. Makes me feel closer to normal, whatever that is.
-The Dead Guy
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear Dead Guy,
I think you have other, far worse problems if anything I say makes you feel closer to normal.
Love Dotty xxx
thedeadguy666
/ May 4, 2012Dotty,
I like to think of them not as problems, but the things that make my life more interesting than those around me.
-The Dead Guy
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 4, 2012Dear Dead Guy,
Hmmm. I might try and adopt that way of thinking.
Love Dotty xxx
Hellosailor
/ May 2, 2012Dear Dotty,
Can I add “I’ve started but I can’t be arsed”.
Thank you.
I can’t be arsed to write my name…….
Hellosailor
/ May 2, 2012P.S Love the title
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear HS
Ta, chucky.
Love Dotty xx
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear HS,
Thank y
The Blissful Adventurer
/ May 2, 2012an excellent post with a brilliant title!
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear TBA,
Thank you.
Love Dotty xxx
The Blissful Adventurer
/ May 3, 2012thanks Dotty…
1pointperspective
/ May 2, 2012I really enjoyed reading your post. I felt like
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear 1point,
Thank you. It’s a
Love Dotty xxx
1pointperspective
/ May 2, 2012sorry…didn’t get around to finish my comment. Something bright and shiny distracted me and I’ve lost my train of thought.
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear 1point,
It might have run away from mine.
Love Dotty xxx
the howler and me
/ May 3, 2012Dear Dotty,
My favorite one is “I’ve started …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Wait, what was I doing?”
Love,
-the howler and me
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear the howler and me,
Yes! And you only find out when you smell burning!
Love Dotty xxx
the howler and me
/ May 3, 2012Dear Dotty,
Exactly
Love,
the howler and me
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear the howler and me,
Love Dotty xxx
chrisdevoss
/ May 3, 2012I feel like eating a waffle now.
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 3, 2012Dear Chris,
Eat one. Eat two. And have a Cumberland sausage at the same time.
Love Dotty xxx
psychowatcher
/ May 3, 2012I have a bad habit of starting 12 things at once and then getting so overwhelmed that I do not finish anythi
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 4, 2012Dear psycho,
There’s a lot of it going ar
bpshielsy
/ May 4, 2012As I’m writing this post I find…
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 5, 2012Dear Shielsy,
…
Love Dotty xxx
thewhitetrashgourmet
/ May 5, 2012Dear Dotty – false starts and partial projects abound in my little world. Maybe I’ll get to unpacking those moving boxes before my third year in this “new” house begins. Cheers!
TWTG
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 5, 2012Dear twtg,
I know how you feel – when I moved out of my last house after 10 years of living there I had boxes that I hadn’t opened from the house before that.
Love Dotty xxx
Sarah Jackson
/ May 8, 2012This is me all over. Boxes of stuff (real and metaphorical) that I collect, don’t deal with and then just accumulate. I’m great at starting stuff, top marks. After that it’s a downhill slide. Love this blog, thanks for posting it!
Dotty Headbanger
/ May 8, 2012Dear Sarah,
Hello.
Collections are good until they sprawl and breed. I know this.
Love Dotty xxx