Efficiency

Man, I spend a lot of time working on a bunch of projects. There are lots of activities that I haven't kept up on, yet I have nothing to show for the additional focus. Maybe I'm lying to myself about how much I get done. The path I follow seems to run in circles. It seems like I'm no further along than I was two months ago, after all this wasted brainpower and--if I really want to think of it that way--painful forcing of words onto the page.

But, as they say, no pain=no gain. Is that really true? I'm sure there's something you can gain without suffering...