> slow is smooth and smooth is fast I've been in enjoying the converse of this i.e. "fast is smooth". It was provoked by using an ultra-fine fountain pen nib -

> slow is smooth and smooth is fast I've been in enjoying the converse of this i.e. "fast is smooth". It was provoked by using an ultra-fine fountain pen nib - too slow and it would be scratchy and dig into the paper with poor ink flow but using it very fast and lightly and it would be really smooth and delightful. I am prone to perfectionism, overthinking, procrastination, majoring in the minors and getting derailed by little hiccups. I get motivation by seeing progress. If I pause I can struggle to get started again so momentum is really important or I fall into a negative spiral. For my personal productivity, it helps to force a pace and do things faster than I naturally want. I need to keep up momentum and quickly do the known things and discover the problems early that need time to percolate in the back of my mind to reach a creative solution. I guess we all need productivity epithets that counter our dysfunctional traits - too slow then speed up! too fast then slow down!