Parkinson's Law
When working from home, have you ever felt like you couldn't do anything after lunch because you know you have the time to work on it later at night?
This phenomenon is called Parkinson's law where work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. It basically means that your work will take as much time as you have to complete it.
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