“I always start with ambitious plans and a lot of optimism, but progress is slow. Then something clicks and there’s a rush of momentum to get the ideas down as they come. Then there’s a practical push to make things work, and usually some of the more ambitious ideas get brought down to earth or thrown out altogether. Once it’s out there, there’s usually a very short amount of time where I’m actually happy with what I’ve accomplished.
After that brief moment of satisfaction, I immediately start to see everything that’s wrong or missing and start obsessing over what should be different or better. From that point on I’m incapable of being satisfied with the finished product.”
— The Optimizer / Wilson Miner
