Time blindness at work
Stop estimating and start measuring. Time your normal tasks once, write the real numbers down, and quote those instead of your instinct — which is reliably optimistic. Then set alarms for departures, not for deadlines.
Your estimate is not the problem to fix
The instinct will keep being wrong, and trying harder to estimate accurately does not work. What works is replacing the estimate with a measurement.
Time four or five things you do often. Write the numbers where you will see them. Use those.
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Alarm the departure, not the deadline
A calendar reminder at the meeting time is useless. The useful alarm is the one that says leave now, and it needs to account for the getting-ready that always takes longer.
Two alarms: one to stop what you are doing, one to actually go.
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Make elapsed time visible
A clock you can see, or a timer counting down in view. The problem is not caring about time, it is that time passes without registering.
An analogue clock works better than a digital one for many people, because the movement shows the passing rather than stating it.
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Buffer as a rule, not a feeling
Add fifty percent to anything you have not measured, and say the padded number out loud when you commit.
Delivering early is a reputation. Apologizing for late is also a reputation, and it is the expensive one.
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Ask for the deadline that is real
"Is Friday the real deadline or the comfortable one?" is a normal question, and the answer changes how you plan.
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Rehearse it before you walk in.
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