Proving the Inverse
Parkinson’s Law is a well-known statement of one of life’s practical conundrums:
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
That law is self-explanatory, and needs no further proof beyond your local Burger King (especially if you live in North Charleston and “customer waiting for food” does not mean that you are out of time available for the completion of tasks). What I am interested in is a bit more deep–whether the inverse is also true.
You see, I crunched the numbers the other day, and by counting on both hands, both feet, and using a legal pad for the extra tick marks, I determined that I have five weeks left of law school. Looking ahead, the thought of trying to get everything that needs to get done packed into those five weeks seems very close to impossible.
So here’s the challenge: If work expands to fill the time alloted, does it shrink to meet deadlines?
September 18th, 2007 at 7:55 am
wow, only five more weeks! You must feel crazy busy. Good luck;)
ryc: I do plan on keepin my baseball caps, for even though none of my girlfriends wear them, I still do play baseball, and one must wear a baseball cap in order to properly play baseball:-D (girl rules)
September 26th, 2007 at 5:48 am
Gah, I remember that five-week-out-feeling. It was like we could see the light at the end of…a…very…dark…and…scary…….tunnel…. I’ve decided that finals are the new inevitable. You know, like death and taxes. They come, ready or not!