Rushed work is a note you write to your future self saying “fix me.”
CREATIVITY
WHAT THIS MEANS
Speed borrowed from quality is a loan, not a saving. The shortcut you take today reappears later as a bug, a callback, an awkward conversation or a thing that has to be redone from the start, usually at a worse moment. The time was not saved, it was moved.
Before calling something finished, ask whether you would be happy to receive it from someone else. Fix the one part you know is weak, since you already know which part it is. If the deadline genuinely does not allow it, write down what you skipped so it is not a surprise later.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
What did you rush that you later had to redo?
MORE IN CREATIVITY & ORIGINALITY
- Posting your art is scary. Keeping it in a folder forever guarantees nobody it could help ever sees it.
- Start the project today with a messy plan. A perfect plan next month is just a nicer way to say “no.”
- People forget numbers by lunch. They remember stories for years. If you want to convince someone, tell them one.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.