Curious how others deal with this: if I focus on one vertical slice of a long project (e.g. some design problem), I become annoyed that everything else remains frozen for long periods; if I work on a horizontal slice (a few pieces at once), bulk progress is very slow. Any escape?
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With clients I often find that some blend of quantitative and qualitative indicators can help.
Ex: When you're starting to write a piece, important to put words on the page, # goals. Later, a sense of whether edits are progressing is often good enough.
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Maybe something analogous in here? Also just making it deliberate/explicit if only to yourself can help.
"This month, I'm doing (x) because (y) realizing that (z) will be on the backburner. I'll revisit at time (a), until then this seems like the best option"
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Thanks for this. Perhaps it is best to simply learn to accept this as a core property of creative work!