During my Finite Element analysis course I worked on a project which had a scope of collecting data to show effects of osteoarthritis. I had a timeline of around two weeks to complete this project, so I wanted to keep the scope simple. However, after hearing my classmates projects and how complex they were I got worried that my project was way too simple. I tried to make it more complicated by making the scope specific to South Indian Women over the age of fifty so that I could relate the project to my mother who has this illness. Since I made this little change in the scope, I had to conduct a lot of research to find data and information on osteoarthritis which ended up taking three or four days. As a result, I started panicking and my model was not running the FEA. I kept having to edit my model and come to campus and run the simulation for over 8 hours. I realized that if I just kept my scope simple then I would have saved time researching and could have focused more on the actual model. However, I was blessed with great friends who helped me and stayed up with me to get the project done on time.