{"id":15362,"date":"2015-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.toggl.com\/our-perception-of-work-time-is-wrong\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T04:17:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T04:17:25","slug":"our-perception-of-work-time-is-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toggl.com\/blog\/our-perception-of-work-time-is-wrong","title":{"rendered":"Why the Brain Sucks at Time Management [Comic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our brains aren\u2019t super great when it comes to tracking time. Depending on what we\u2019re doing, <a title=\"How to make your days longer\" href=\"https:\/\/buffer.com\/resources\/the-science-of-time-perception-how-to-make-your-days-longer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">time can seem as though it&#8217;s passing slowly or quickly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Perception of time is subjective. Consequently, we\u2019re not great at estimating\u00a0how long\u00a0a certain work task or activity lasted, or how much time something\u00a0might take.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve summed it up with a pretty short infographic:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/toggl.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-human-brain-perceives-work-time-comic-toggl-blog.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8016\" src=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-human-brain-perceives-work-time-comic-toggl-blog.png\" alt=\"How humans perceive time\" width=\"800\" height=\"865\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to test the theory? Try this:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>Write down everything you think you do on a normal workday<\/strong>, both at work and at home. Guess how much time these\u00a0things take.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Use Toggl Track to <a title=\"free time tracking tool\" href=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/track\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">track everything you do for a\u00a0whole day<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>Compare the results\u00a0to how you thought you spend your days.<\/p>\n<p>The end-result\u00a0looks a lot like the picture above, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Friends don\u2019t let friends guess time. Share this comic and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Why%20our%20brains%20suck%20at%20guessing%20time%20%5Bcomic%5D:%20http:\/\/ow.ly\/JuMZI%20%40toggl%20%23didyouknow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expose the brain on Twitter!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our brains aren\u2019t super great when it comes to tracking time. 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