Why the Brain Sucks at Time Management [Comic]

Our brains aren’t super great when it comes to tracking time. Depending on what we’re doing, time can seem as though it’s passing slowly or quickly.

Perception of time is subjective. Consequently, we’re not great at estimating how long a certain work task or activity lasted, or how much time something might take.

We’ve summed it up with a pretty short infographic:

Want to test the theory? Try this:

1. Write down everything you think you do on a normal workday, both at work and at home. Guess how much time these things take.

2. Use Toggl Track to track everything you do for a whole day. Compare the results to how you thought you spend your days.

The end-result looks a lot like the picture above, doesn’t it?

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Mart Virkus

Mart has a background in anthropology - a discipline which has turned people-watching into a science. He most enjoys working on projects that make you go from “that’s stupid” to “hmmm”.