We're now back to a normal construction schedule, as far as sequence,

Program construction consists of a sequence of refinement steps.

I always hesitate to go too far (ahead on the schedule).

Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.

I try to stay on a pretty normal schedule of nine-to-five.

Normal people... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.