Man, did that last turn loss sting more because of the dice or your buddy's smug face?

Stop kidding yourself, you just found a lazy fix.

The line about the dough telling you when to stop really hit home. I feel like half of life is just noticing what's right in front of you instead of forcing your plan onto it. My dad gardened for years and always overwatered because he never checked the soil, he just followed the schedule in his head. A neighbor pointed it out once and it changed everything for him. We get so locked into the routine that we stop paying attention to what the thing is actually doing, whether it's bread or tomatoes or anything else.