Parkinson’s law—work expands to fill the time available for its completion—recognizes this unfortunate reality of human nature. And, if you don’t believe it applies to you, think about what I call the vacation paradox: Even though you never seem to be able to get all your work done on a regular day, on the days right before you go on vacation, you somehow manage to crank through all your daily work plus a good chunk of the backlog of stuff that has been moldering on your desk for the past month.
