Hi Reader, I think about deadlines a lot. I have to, when my job is deadline-driven. Submit the outline for this article by X date. Submit the first draft of that article by Y date. And submit the edits for yet another article by Z date. And so on. I especially think about deadlines as they draw near. Cue the internal screaming, like aaahhhhIneedtosubmitthisin2daysandIstillneedtowrite4sectionsaaahhhh! But sometimes, amid the turmoil, I stop abruptly and ask: why? Why do I need to submit this...