Airplane Mode Is The Best Productivity App

Parkinson's Law is the concept that work expands to fill the time available for its completion. This idea was originally introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in a satirical piece for "The Economist" in 1955.

In his essay, Parkinson illustrates this principle with the anecdote of a woman tasked with sending a postcard, a chore that would typically take a busy person about three minutes. However, this woman takes an hour to select the postcard, another half hour to find her glasses, an additional 90 minutes to write the message, and 20 minutes to decide whether to bring an umbrella to the mailbox, thus consuming her entire day with this single task.

Work expands to fill the time available. This principle applies to software projects, home repairs you've been postponing, and in my case, creative work now that I've left my job at Amazon.

I've been away for nearly a month and I've noticed that I'm as busy as ever. I'm also behind on numerous tasks. I have plenty of excuses: planning and ho…