About
What this is
The Unfinished Project Museum documents projects that were begun in good faith and stopped honestly.
Not abandoned in failure. Not quit in shame. Just stopped—for reasons that made sense at the time.
Why it exists
Most of what gets shared online is either finished or actively being worked on. The middle ground—projects that were real, took effort, then ended—tends to disappear.
This is a space for those projects.
What gets included
Entries are curated, not crowdsourced. Every project here:
- Was started with genuine intention
- Represents real work
- Stopped for a clear reason
- Is described without blame or regret
We accept creative projects, technical builds, business attempts, personal practices, learning efforts, and physical work. What matters is the honesty of the account.
What doesn’t belong here
This isn’t a therapy journal, complaint board, or place to workshop “maybe someday” dreams.
We don’t accept:
- Projects still in progress
- Vague ideas that never started
- Blame-focused narratives
- Marketing pitches in disguise
- Anything that treats incompleteness as moral failure
How it works
Submit a project through the form. Each submission is reviewed individually. If accepted, it’s added to the gallery.
There are no comments. No likes. No discussion threads. This is a museum, not a forum.
Projects are preserved as submitted—we don’t edit for grammar or style. The work stands as it stopped.
A note on curation
Curation is what makes this work. Not everything belongs here, and that’s fine.
The goal isn’t volume. It’s creating a contemplative space where incompleteness can exist without judgment, advice, or correction.
Ready to submit yours? Visit the Submit page.