Translator Productivity - Why haven’t you taken care of this yet?

What is your Translator Productivity IQ?
Let’s talk a bit about translator productivity, organisation and quality of life.
You have a small translation job that, from your experience, should not take more than 2 hours, with a 5 day deadline. When would you start the project?
I’ll
start right away unless….
If your answer is: "Right away. However, I will stop whenever there is a message notification on Facebook or I get a text message. After all, there is still plenty of time OR I know the subject by heart. Anyway, I have no reason to worry."
If
this is your answer. You’re not alone.
Got plenty of time, right?
If your answer was: "On the morning of the deadline, I open the file and start translating. I do not want to deliver the project to the customer too soon in advance. Translation is not like Domino Pizza. The customer will not value my work if I deliver too fast. And they’ll think it was too easy to do.”
Well,
you’d be surprised to know that many translators and other freelancers think
just like that. Again, you’re not alone. Anyway, keep reading, it’s getting
interesting.
I’ll
Start Translating Immediately and Deliver ASAP
You answered that you would start the translation immediately and deliver the very same day? Then you are part of a very disciplined minority. Yet, even though you are in that category, keep on reading – I have some tips for you too.
Why
do we procrastinate? You know you have something to do. You know you
have a deadline.

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