I try to be realistic when it comes to plans for cars that I own/owned.
I'll probably only be starting the bodywork/paint in about a month, gonna be buying all the supplies (paint, bondo, tape, sandpapers, clearcoat, etc.) over that time, and it gives me time to try to get 3 or 4 days of straight from work so I can actually do it all in 1 shot and not drive around too much with a multi-colored integra