There’s always important work we have left behind because we prioritized something else over this work.
That’s life. It happens.
When we try to catch up, what makes the difference is our
As opposed to try and do everything at once (and leave important work behind) we should focus on doing the first thing.
The minimum viable work to get the train moving.
Once it moves, it’s time to go to the next and the next and speed up.
We must never forget that if we keep that train moving, it will never become so hard to catch up with the important work in the first place.