There was this study I heard about that said people actually get more joy from free time when it's unplanned, but only if they don't fill it with tasks. Something about how we trick ourselves into thinking busy equals good. Your story makes that sound pretty real.

Man, this is just how people are with everything, not just walls. My buddy waited three years to buy a couch because he wanted the "right" one, sat on folding chairs the whole time. My sister did the same thing with a tattoo idea, sketched it for two years and never booked it. I do it with cooking, saving recipes for a special night that never comes while the same five meals rotate every week. The perfect thing is the enemy of the done thing, and done is almost always better. Nine dollar store frames beat one empty wall every single time.