A Rebellious Brain

I have a quirk. It's a little brain quirk that I have known about for almost ten years now, but haven't figured out a work-around yet. The quirk has caused a bit of chaos in my life, derailed projects, and generally been a nuisance. It's not a major issue like a diagnosable mental disorder that is debilitating (how alliterative), but sometimes the struggle is real. The quirk is, when I tell people my plans (or make too much plans) there's a 90% chance my brain decides I don't need to do those plans anymore. An example: I come up with a story idea. I work on the story idea, build up some characters and conflict, maybe outline a little of the story arc, imagine the ending, maybe even start writing it. Someone asks me what I'm working on. I love talking about my writing, so I tell them the story. My brain decides that, okay, I've told the story, I don't have to write it anymore. The story gets shoved into my mountain of abandoned ideas. Another example: I come up with a story idea. It's…