I am a finisher, but with no schedule. I usually have 3 quilts going, and one in my head. I always have one in portable stage, one in the quilting stage (not portable), and one on the machine being pieced. The one in my head is either a challenge, new technique, or a request that excites me . Shopping is not what starts it, i shop to fill in what I dont have. If someone want some thing for a dead line, I just refuse. I quilt to relax or stimulate my creativity, not to have it done. But I never start the one in my head until one of the others is done its "stage". But if I get extra excited about a new one, THAT pushes me to hurry and get one of the others done. That's my strategy in juggling several quilts at a time, but still getting them done.