Thanks! It was SO tempting!

But keeping my mouth shut about it helped me slog through it and get it done, instead of basking in advance glory. It's too easy to slack off, if you've already felt the warm fuzzy joy from people's compliments on starting something. I didn't want to feel any of that until it was done.

More on that thought process, here:

http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_you...