Are we there yet?

I'm considering abandoning "Fingerpaint." When I came back to it after being away for several weeks for the holidays, I found that it wasn't quite working. Now, that's not a big deal. I could easily figure out what wasn't working, why, and how to fix it, and I did, and it's back on track. The problem is that it got that way in the first place without my noticing.

Writing it at this point is a chore, but one that I considered worthwhile because (1) I like the piece and (2) if I don't force myself to finish things, I won't ever finish anything. But "Fingerpaint" is supposed to be light and simple. The time and effort I find myself having to put into it is completely disproportionate to the results. Not that there's anything wrong with the results -- it's turning out how I wanted it to. But since I'm bored with it, I'm writing excruciatingly slowly, and a light, simple piece is a disappointing result to all that time.

If I walk away from it at this point, I'll probably never come back to it. Maybe I should use this thing I've heard about called "will power," and just write the thing and be done with it.