Why Can't You Finish Anything?

The skills needed for wrapping up aren't always what you expect. My house contains a vaguely defined room--a parlor-like space that was created by a renovation decades ago. After my son was born, it served as a playroom, full of baby and toddler toys. Then it became a nook where, late at night, my wife and I could listen to music and read. That equilibrium held until the Legos and board games arrived; their incursion was the beginning of the end.