As a computer games development student, this feels very relevant to me (as, I'm sure, it does to other software developers). Even a project I'd like to do, on my own, for a week, is very hard to finish. There never really seems like there's a point to polish after I've learned what I wanted to learn. I'm battling this literally as I write this comment - this is only another way to procrastinate. I find keeping rigid office hours helps, as does keeping in mind that this project or that will look good in a portfolio, or might bring in some cash.

Really, though, it's just damned tough to continue something that you view as finished. The next games project I start will be rather boring to code, but hopefully fun aesthetically. That way, I'll concentrate more on the second 90%, but getting past the first 90% might be harder than usual.

If you've got any tips for surviving the second 90% of a project, I'd love to hear them. My short attention span coupled with my low focus really makes it difficult to finish anything, and it's getting me down.