The urge to hurry deserves checking when the cost will be paid later.

Speed feels productive because its benefit arrives immediately and its price arrives somewhere out of sight. The skipped step, the message sent before rereading, the shortcut in the work: each saves ten minutes now and occasionally costs a day next month. The rush is rarely about the actual deadline; it is about escaping the discomfort of not being finished.

When you notice yourself hurrying, ask who pays for it and when. If the answer is a later version of you, or somebody else entirely, take the extra few minutes while they are still cheap.