Done is a Decision

You're halfway through the proposal when your boss adds a new section.

You've almost cleared your inbox when the meeting you're in generates twelve new action items.

You're wrapping up the project when someone asks you to loop in two more stakeholders.

The work never ends, so the feeling of productivity never comes. We're always mid-stream, always catching up, always behind on something urgent that just appeared.

Here's what works: Set a personal target you can actually hit.

This writing session is complete at three paragraphs. This meeting succeeds when one decision is made. Today wins when something specific is finished.

The goal isn't to finish everything at once. It's to finish something now.

When everything bleeds into everything else, productivity becomes a feeling we chase but never catch. When we aim at something we can hit, we get to experience the thing we're actually after: PROGRESS.