Home improvement isn’t the classroom: there’s no extra credit for taking on more work, and you’re not going to make the honor roll for having the most unfinished projects .

It can be easy to fall into the familiar cycle of jumping from one major renovation to another and finding your to-do list growing day after day without actually whittling it down. I know because I’ve done it. One project turns into two, then something else suddenly feels more important, and before long, several rooms are half-finished at once.

At one point during my current fixer-upper I had so many projects going that the house felt less like a home and more like a construction site.

Never. Again.

Why You Should Space Out Projects and Signs You’re Overcommitted

Before you hit a metaphorical wall (continue as planned if you’re doing demo), take a step back and see if this is starting to sound familiar:

You’ve got several rooms torn apart, tools and materials everywhere, and you keep starting new jobs before finishing old ones.…