It's 6:04. Your list isn't done. It was never going to be done. And you're still trying to sneak in one more thing.

I know this one really well.

I've been doing it for decades.

You're running as long and as hard as you can until the last possible minute, and then you snap the laptop shut and run out the door.

You don't feel like you did your best work. And tomorrow morning you're scrambling to figure out where you left off, on a list that's still massive.

And this isn't really about high standards.

It's that nagging feeling that you're only doing enough while you're doing something.

You finish the big thing and don't even get to enjoy having finished it.

You don't stop to gather what you learned. Most times you don't even celebrate it.

You just look at the list and go, okay, what's next?

The list keeps growing, so of course the answer is always going to be: more.

I'm not even asking you to fix this yet.

Just notice it.

Tonight, when that one-more-thing feeling shows up, catch it.

Sometimes it's easier to hear than to feel. In some houses it comes out as, "Honey, just one more email and then I’ll be there."

There it is.

Notice that it's something happening.
It's not who you are.