I did an exercise once where I budgeted time for a full month. It forced me to know/accept/realise up-front I couldn't do at least 40% of the things I wanted. T

I did an exercise once where I budgeted time for a full month. It forced me to know/accept/realise up-front I couldn't do at least 40% of the things I wanted. There simply wasn't time. That was really unpleasant even though I knew I would never have actually managed to do that extra 40%. I haven't repeated the exercise because although it was useful, it was simply too unpleasant. I trade some inefficiency and disappointment later for enthusiasm now. So I'm happily cognitively discontent I guess.