Inspiration is famously unreliable, which is why people who are best at anything build systems that don't depend on it. The chef tastes the sauce again whether or not she feels like it.
The best I can be is a moving target, and that's mercy rather than pressure. On a good week it's a great deal. On a week with a sick child in the house, it's turning up at all.
Both are the same standard, honestly applied. The standard just isn't fixed to one number.