@bethanymarz
I have seen the other side of this as well. It feels "safer" to start a "net new" project vs. keep up the hard work of maintaining something else. My therapist tells me that it is important to have tightly scoped work with clear start and ends and it's OK to use that as a stress release sometimes, so long as it doesn't come at the cost of never-ending procrastination toward doing the thing you're putting off.