Finish it, not perfect -> Youre always growing, you will never be satisfied with your current stuff, your perfect now is not perfect for the future you, so dont even bother.
You dont need a project, you need a product
You need to learn to do stuff always, not just when youre in the mood. Cause unless youre in the mood all the time, you will take forever do get stuff done.
I collected those from different videos, his a 2d artist..
I had read already the "consider finishing a project as a skill too", and that finished stuff is what ppl need to see how good you are, but it never triggered me so hard as those 3 above.