UFO vs WiP

What turns a WiP (work in progress) into a UFO (unfinished object)?

I have this huge list of all of my current UFOs (see the tab up in the header).  There are 25 items on it currently.  That seems excessive, but I've either frogged (ie rip it, rip it) or finished six so far this year and only added two.

My criteria for when a WiP becomes a UFO seems to be a year.   There are very few projects that I attempt that SHOULD take longer than that.  And then there are the 'ongoing/never-ending projects' - the sock yarn scrap afghan because I add materials to it when I am down to 'leftover leftovers', and two quilts.   Those are the leader/ender and the sample/orphan block quilts.  When I finish one of them, I'll just start another of the same type.

Most weekdays, I have about an hour in the evening for creative pursuit in and around  a load of laundry, a bit of housework and dinner plus prepping for the next day's lunch.  I try to settle down by 9, read a chapter of the current book, say Compline and have lights out by 9:45.   I'm up at 5 to be on the road by 6am to be at work by 7:15.

Two nights a week I have evening obligations.   Bell Choir on Wednesday, of course; then either Tuesday or Thursday (depending on what week of the month) Yarn Barn groups and Quilt Guild.   All are things I enjoy, but it does cut into my free time.

Looking at the types of projects by craft type:

It's easy to track my knitting, crochet, and spinning projects.  Ravelry has a clever sorting system where inactive projects can go into 'hibernation' and show up at the very bottom of a person's project list.  

On the needlework front, I have always used a rotation.  A lot of my projects are complex and/or large.  I try to work on each one for a solid 10 hours before I put it away and bring out the next one.   I divide my needlework into three "types" or "slots" and try to have only one project of each type going at a time.  The slots are historic/vintage style, modern style, and pictorial.  I also have a fourth slot for finishing/framing.   I only consider the current slot as 'active work in progress', the others are temporary UFOs.  When I finish a project, I start one of the same "type". 

On the sewing and quilting front, the majority of my projects are old - dates are on the list linked in the header.  I think that I might use a rotation like I do for needlework to keep the quilting bug under control.  I could easily have a quilt that I'm currently piecing, a leader/ender, a hand quilting project in the frame or hoop, and something that I'm either English Paper Piecing (EPP)/hand appliqueing/hand piecing.   My only issue with that is that unlike the needlework, all of these would be ongoing at the same time.

My problem occurs when I have too many projects.  I tend to be able to keep working on about three to five with reasonable frequency. But I also really need to get some finishes in every month so I feel like it 'ends' at some point.   Small things like hats for charity or ornaments can fill that need.

If I can get to where I'm working on a knitting project, a spinning project, a quilt in the quilting stage, a quilt in the piecing stage, the current needlework rotation and a couple of handwork items/small knitting projects that are portable, I think I would feel a lot less 'scattered'. 

I have to just 'hibernate' everything that doesn't support this plan.   I have seen people on Ravelry or in the quilting and needlework forums that have hundreds of WiP/UFOs listed.   I'm going nuts with 25(ish).   SMALLER NUMBERS.   Accountability.   It's a thing.