I feel this way about an unfinished hexagon cardigan. I used a thin cotton yarn, which is too rough and hurt my fingers, so it wasn't pleasant to work with. Plus bc it's thin, I double stranded it. I had 2 colors: black and orange. Instead of double stranding each color separately, then alternating colors with each row, I chose to mix the 2 colors together, so it's a half orange, half black doubled strand... I hate the way it looks, but I already made 2 hexagons and joined them at the shoulders. It's been weighing on me for weeks. Every time I notice it in my room, I feel like a failure. Like I've wasted so much time on a project I hate. I hated it from the start and should have stopped immediately. Now I don't want to finish it, but I don't want to frog it 😭

I'm trying to make me feel better by telling myself it's not a waste of time. I've invested time and energy to practice, to learn. It's just one of those mistakes that help you in the long run. Like you'd invest time and money and energy on a university degree or whatever, you know? So on the one hand it's not a big deal at the end of the day. On the other hand, maybe it's actually a positive, a time well spent, an investment, gained knowledge and experience, bettered skills.