Two things make the D-day idea I’ve been talking about in these last posts challenging.
First, it’s a self-imposed deadline. So if you are having trouble meeting it, you can simply move it back a day or week or more. Still not finished? Move D-day back a little further. And further.
If you’re working with an external deadline, that can mean that D-day slides all the way to the last day you have for your project, and you end up with no time to revise. And then you are handing in a first draft, which is never a good idea.
If you have a self-imposed deadline, missing your D-day can cause the whole project to slow down and if it keeps slowing down, it will be dead in the water.