Knowing when your mix is done is difficult.
Your mix may sound perfect in your studio and just decent in your living room.
You may have achieved more or less the exact same frequency response in your mix as in your reference track, but something still sounds off.
You may have equalized and compressed all your tracks «by the book», but it’s still just not there yet.
Then you ask fellow engineers for help and feedback, and they all give different advice…
With all these uncertainties and possibilities, how can a mix really ever be done? How can you possibly know exactly when it’s done? There are no right answers, but there are some things you can look out for when deciding if your mix is finished.