You said, “… a task will always expand to fill the time you’ve allocated for it.” I couldn’t agree more. Having more time to complete something isn’t always necessary or ideal.

When I’m teaching, I never give students excessive time to complete things. Unless they’re on a tight leash, everything gets left to the last minute.

I love your thoughts on deadlines. Particularly your point about using deadlines to help you gain more experience in less time. It’s so true. For me, I set myself small daily deadlines, like: complete an article about “X” today.

A great insight I learned once was that a task will always expand to fill the time you’ve allocated for it. This ties in to your school teacher metaphor because, as you know, most students won’t begin assignments until they’re almost due.

Thanks for writing about this
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