Ugh, tell me about it. I hear the same stuff from my students, just with more sparkly vocabulary.

In behavioral economics, there's this concept called the planning fallacy where people consistently underestimate time. It explains why both DIY projects and freelance deadlines go sideways, I mean, we're wired to be optimistic. This isn't just individual failure, it's amplified in gig economy structures that reward aggressive timelines. Platforms and clients often expect quick turnarounds, which pressures everyone to lowball estimates. Maybe it's just me but I've seen friends burn out trying to meet these unrealistic schedules. We need to normalize padding timelines, not as incompetence, but as acknowledging human and systemic limits.

Bitwarden is free and solves this problem completely.