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How Much Time Something Will Take

Work expands to fit the time available. That’s why we sometimes do our best, most efficient, work on deadline. 

You don’t want to create unnecessary stress on yourself, but at the same time, you don’t want to allow your work to expand so much that you keep working on something for longer than needed.

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