Completing your job by the target date set

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Hi Is it possible for you to complete a job or project within the targets set by you or your family ? I do not mean the projects or work in the office or business places- I am talking about those at home - like for example a make-over/painting or even renovation or new furniture by self or carpenter etc. I have yet to come across a single event when this got completed in time set in advance; most of the time the work/project is started and then additions go on!!! Like last year when my wife went to my daughter's place overseas for 6 months to assist her after her second delivery( the elder daughter was only 3 years old, hence she needed to be there), I thought this was a good time to get the house painted, renovated ( mainly the kitchen) and the living room) and even get the new electric wiring etc done plus that would mean a pleasant surprise for my wife as she always wanted those nut we could not get the time and money- now all this was there so I thought that this would be ideal as well as a great surprise for her. But I had calculated a maximum of 2 months to include first the renovation of the living room, kitchen & bathrooms which included making new furniture, breaking /making new walls & then removing the old windows and adding bigger & latest sliding windows, then followed by changing the floor tiles, again followed by new electrical wiring and switches etc and lastly getting the painting done for the whole apartment. And after taking all time and money estimates I was given the time of 2 & 1/2 months at the most as lot of jobs would be done side by side; but actually the whole thing got completed finally in almost 4 months - but done well so I do not complain except the time spent and the best part of it all was that when my wife returned she was really very happy on seeing everything done as per what she was always wanting; and she still, tells every one about it!! And I think that is because I did not tell her at that time that these jobs were being carried out at home in her absence!! So thats it - any experience of a delayed project and the consequences any of you had??