The 'good' news is, this is an old story on the Internet; folks trying to build their dream website, striving to learn & deploy CMS, or flogging themselves to produce a continuous 'news' product. The money-thing is always lurking, and burn-out is an organic reality itself.

The 'bermuda triangle' effect, however, is assuredly not something peculiar to WordPress. It's a constant of Internet culture, across the board. And before the Web, before the Personal Computer, in excess of 80% of all new small businesses failed in their first year. And that's soft-pedalling the statistical reality.

That curation makes a lot of sense for a lot of folks is a great insight. Work can be done as time, life and interest permits. Sites comprised of real content of lasting value can be constructed like Medieval cathedrals that occupied communities intermittently for long years, often decades and sometimes for generations.

We don't all have the instincts, aptitude and temperate to make a strong showing in business-roles. In such cases, there are normally OTHER qualities at the fore, empowering us in different roles.

WordPress is one of the best tools & venues available, for those who respond to the vision that Benjamin Franklin saw in pamphleteering.