I love your desription of editing–“sculpting, scraping away and adding bits to make the picture as a whole more pleasing.” That’s fantastic!

I don’t know if it’s something that would work for you, but when I found myself way too stressed over goals and to-dos, I changed how I was phrasing them. I reworked my goals and lists so that everything was small and accomplishable and so I could fairly quickly start feeling a sense of accomplishment in my days. Feeling like I’m getting somewhere really helps me keep going. Anyhow, I thought I’d mention it in case a change in wording might make your editing goals feel better.

Keep up the great work!