I just read a great post, Two Time Fallacies at the Performance Consulting Blog. Basically the author gives the two biggest lies we tell ourselves when it comes to time management:
1. We’re going to have more time at some unspecified future date than we do now.
Otherwise known as the basis of the fine art of procrastination, I consider myself to be a recovering addict in this area! You know, one day at a time.
2. We can somehow save time.
This one reminds me of another old, sadly untrue rationalization that’s always been a favorite of mine, “I’ll catch up on sleep over the weekend.”
Just as time is a constant, sleep is not a mutual fund! Unfortunately, you can’t add more hours to a day and there is no “making up” for a week’s worth of sleepless nights!
What other “lies” do we tell ourselves? Does it ever work?