Scope creep is actually a good thing most of the time, at least in my experience. @henrycooper, that line probably works great for keeping things simple, but I've seen way more projects die from being too rigid than from adding a few extra features along the way. Clients change their minds, and if you shut that down with a scope line, they might just take their business elsewhere. Sometimes you need to let the project breathe a little and see where it goes, you know? Sticking too tight to the original plan can miss the bigger picture.

...and honestly that tracks with my own experience too. I've had cheap plastic tripods take a beating and keep going while the aluminum ones bent or broke on the first real drop. The leg locks on my $15 one are a little wobbly now but they still hold. Your buddy's $80 tripod probably had some fancy quick release mechanism that just wasn't built for crash testing.

That stat about the 70% quitting is brutal but I've seen it happen. Started my first bullet journal with a whole Pinterest board of perfect spreads and literally tore out like five pages in the first week. Here's the thing: I just use a cheap notebook now and make it work like a tool. If you mess up a date or a task just cross it out and keep going. That original Ryder Carroll method is pure survival mode, not art class. Tell people to grab a pen and scribble through the mess, the system only breaks when you make it about looks.

Bet that 85% number tracks with how most people quit things once they realize it's actual hard work.

Did the real-time format stress you out or make it more immersive?