Overtime

Overtime at work means working beyond the normal hours of our shift. But we often work overtime on things not related to work. Things like our own projects, home/car repairs–even our hobbies.

Not everything in life goes as planned, especially the timeframe we set for our endeavors. Things can go wrong, or they might take more time than we initially thought. In addition, unexpected problems can occur, such as details that we overlooked or didn’t know about. These details can add hours or days on top of the work that needs to be done.

For most of the stories I’ve written, they took longer than the expected completion date I had set for myself. I found myself investing more time due to the fact that the manuscript needed more chapters, rewrites, and edits. The whole process felt like I’d never finish. But at some point, things started to come together, and gradually, there was less and less to edit and fix.

As aforementioned, overtime isn’t just something that occurs at work, but in many aspects of our lives. Our expectations of having something finished/done by a certain date is far different from the experience and effort that goes into completing a project/task. Sure, we can “complete” something in a rush just to be done with it, but quality doesn’t have an exact time frame.