Efficiency Is Taking Too Much Time
Kent R.
We used to have a mildly shameful routine.
At the end of the afternoon – touching base with each other regarding the day’s progress – we’d often lament all that we didn’t get done.
I remember one time, in particular, when Caanan asked me what I didn’t get to. I proceeded to list, oh, about a week’s worth of projects, beating myself up for not squeezing them into a single day.
(Maybe that happened more than one time.)
Now we have a running joke. When similar unrealistic complaining ensues, one of us will say something like, “It’s a shame you didn’t also start writing that book you wanted to complete today.” We just substitute book with “learn Icelandic,” “design that collection,” or some other outrageous goal.