Original Advice
“DONT: Stop polishing drafts after version three”
Do The Fourth Pass, Then Ship
Version three is vanity. It reads smooth, not sharp. You paused there because 'good enough' passes as relief. It isn’t. The seams still show; the easy choices still sit untouched. Your fear is naming it finished, not making it right. Go back in. Cut the fluff. Clarify the claim. Fix the verbs. Then let it go alive, not embalmed.
Mercury loves precision. Earth demands form. Three rounds tame chaos; the fourth commits. That pass turns neat into necessary, trimming cleverness into clarity. Overthinking hoards options; craft chooses. Give the work a final, surgical sweep. Delete the placeholder. Choose the title. Lock the structure. Date the file. Export. Decide. Let the world argue with it, not your unfinished draft.
Cosmic Context
You’re Virgo: Mercury’s editor in an earth suit. Precision is your devotion; ship is your lesson.
Action
──────Do a ruthless fourth pass. Publish by 5 PM.
✨ You are allowed to be done. ✨