Slipstream Time Hacking: How to Cheat Time, Live More, And Enhance Happiness

by Benjamin P. Hardy

What if rather than focusing on how long something took, we focused on how far we went?

The compression of time is not a matter of compounding activities, but the compounding of meaning.

According to Parkinson’s first law, work enlarges to fill the time available for its completion; things to be done grow in perceived importance and complexity in direct ratio with the time allowed for completion. Essentially, we are inclined to fill the time we have. If we have a lot of time, it tends to be filled with busyness. If we are crunched for time, we use that time efficiently.