The Problem With Self-Imposed Deadlines

The trilemma above is a universal for any project. And I've realized this is exactly why my self-imposed deadlines almost never work. I mean, I'll set them, but then I'll get stuck on something, or a problem will appear that I didn't foresee. And once my deadline is broken, replacing it just feels . . . fake.



My self-imposed deadlines don't work because, in the querying and submission stages, the choice above is made for me:



CHEAP, because nobody's paying me. (The only way it could be ch...