That's the hardest part about building a buffer is not spilling it all to your readers as fast as you can. You want to share the story with them so bad but if you give it all away then you are left with no buffer, sadness and feelings of regret. It's better to pace it out so that it can be absorbed at a reasonable rate that allows you to keep pace with creation.
I like to think about baseball.
How funny is it that I also stink at baseball? @_@
I once fell asleep in the outfield because I could wait around for that long. lol
I do get your point though. I most certainly need to practice some willpower in this area.
I know what you mean about wanting to share any finished work. I have the itch to start a process blog and post any incremental progress.
I generally give into this itch on a regular basis, but now speaking from experience, I would like to tell you how terrible an idea this is. My computer and tablet both died on me within one week of eachother ;_; ... so as of today Shizentai waits while I tigerdirect-it-up.