Today’s shortcut is tomorrow’s detour, with extra traffic.

Skipping a step does not remove the work, it delays it and adds interest. The detour is longer than the original route, because by then you are also undoing whatever the shortcut caused. The saving is real on the day. It is borrowed, though, and the repayment date is not yours to pick.

When you are tempted, ask what the fix will look like if this goes wrong. If the fix is worse than the step, do the step. If it genuinely is not, take the shortcut without guilt.