#151 - "I Keep Underestimating How Long Things Will Take"

Have you ever started your day feeling calm and prepared… and ended it wondering what happened?

Do you look at your plan in the morning and think, This is reasonable, only to feel rushed and behind by mid-afternoon?

Have you ever been surprised by how fast the day disappeared?

If you have, you are not alone.

This week's episode is called "I Keep Underestimating How Long Things Will Take" and it speaks to something many accountants experience but rarely talk about.

You're smart. You're capable. You take your work seriously.

That's why this pattern can feel so confusing.

It's not that you're careless. It's not that you don't plan. And it's definitely not that you don't care.

Yet time can still feel slippery.

Tasks stretch longer than you expect. Space between meetings disappears. Breaks become optional. Work quietly follows you into the evening.

And when this keeps happening, it's easy to make it mean something about you.

You might wonder if you should be better at this by now.