That kind of self-reflection is something I&#x27;m struggling with right now.<p>I&#x27;ll start doing things, forget I accomplished them, realize I&#x27;m halfway into the month and then panic profusely when I don&#x27;t remember what exactly I&#x27;ve done.<p>For example, starting this January I have been working on my front-end and design skills, since I feel weak in that area. I looked for relevant books, got through several (&quot;Design of everyday things&quot;, &quot;About Face&quot;, &quot;HTML&amp;CSS&quot; by Jon Duckett, and finishing up &quot;CSS Secrets&quot; by Lea Verou), created some very neat things in pure CSS, and I&#x27;m getting better at it by the day.<p>Objectively speaking, I&#x27;ve gotten through a lot of things in the last 3 weeks, but it doesn&#x27;t feel that way. My intuition tells me, quite unhealthily, that I got nothing done. I think the list of accomplishments I&#x27;m keeping is the only thing that keeps me sane against the overzealous (and scatterbrained) project manager that lives in my head.<p>I worries me a bit.