@WhyteRhose Oh yeah, I'm the same way. The first page doesn't really count as reading the book for me, so I'm allowed to put it down :P
Even if I edit while writing, I still wanna go back, three chapters later, to edit. That's what's been happening to me. Once I reached chapter 4, I decided to go back and change a bunch of stuff. That took about 2 months because my family was moving during that time, and I was lazy. And then school started and I was swamped, so it took me a month just to finish one chapter. And after finishing that chapter, I decided to go back again and change the first few chapters, lol.
It IS easier to study something that you're interested in. That's why college, although it's hard as hell, is kind of worth it. I'm studying philosophy right now and I really love it. I have to write a lot of papers but I actually like writing about those topics, so it's not that bad. The only thing is that I need to find something else to double major in as a backup in case I don't get in law school. Sigh. I hate thinking about 5-10 years down the line. It's so depressing -_-