Deadlines Bring Focus

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Example: this note took 4 hours to write. At the same time, I updated and edited 7 articles in less than a day, purely because I could not afford not to do so. None of them turned out to be drastically worse.

Creativity requires a) divergent thinking to generate ideas, and b) convergent thinking to find the good ones.

Divergent thinking hates deadlines but the fuel of convergent thinking is focus. Deadlines/constraints bring focus.

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a giant foot-shaped snail with a house on its back. the house is still in construction, with a big crane towering above it The image is a stylized black-and-white illustration. In the lower left corner, there is a small, cozy-looking house with smoke rising from its chimney. The smoke, however, does not dissipate into the air but instead forms a dark, looming cloud. Within the cloud, the silhouette of a large, menacing face is visible, with its eyes and nose peeking through the darkness. The creature, perhaps a cat, appears to be watching over the house ominously, creating a sense of foreboding or unease.