1 Week I Worked Less and Shipped More

I had a week where I couldn't work full days. Personal stuff. Maybe four hours a day at most.

I shipped more that week than I had in the previous month.

The constraint forced me to cut everything that wasn't the actual work. No browsing, no fiddling, no "research" that was really avoidance. Just the thing that needed doing, done.

I've been trying to recreate that week ever since. Not by working less. By pretending I have less time than I do.

When was the last time a constraint made you better? And did you keep the constraint or go back to the way things were?