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95. Why You Always Think Things Will Take Less Time Than They Do: Time Estimation Tips (ADHD Friendly)

09 Oct 2025

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Accurately predicting how long tasks will take to complete is a core skill related to time management. It’s called time estimation, and many of us are terrible at it.If you want to improve your time management skills, you can’t ignore the power of learning how to accurately estimate how long common school or work tasks take you to finish. If you’ve struggled with time management in the past, this might be why.In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I teach you everything you need to know about the skill of estimating time so that you can finally get your things done when you say you’re going to do them.What You Learn:What time estimation means and how it’s the key skill behind many other executive functionsWhat bad time estimation skills look like in school, work, and personal lives (common signs)The consequences of bad time estimation skills (and the benefits of good ones!)How ADHD and time blindness impact your ability to accurately estimate how long tasks take to completePractical strategies to improve your time estimation skills in school and work (which will improve your time management skills)Time estimation tips for people with ADHD🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned:Episode website with transcriptSchoolHabits University (Parents, go here)SchoolHabits University (Students, go here)The College Note-Taking Power System (Brand New Program!)Episode 7 – How to Learn ThingsEpisode 31 – How to Take Notes at MeetingsEpisode 55 - How to Use Body Doubling to Improve FocusEpisode 77 – How to Use Time BlockingEpisode 79 — Time Missing Piece in ADHD Productivity Advice — with Lindsay RobertsEpisode 91 - Working Memory Strategies and Tips❤️ Connect:InstagramFacebookPinterestStudent Jumpstart Course Bundle: BOGO for $10 Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here.Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!!LET'S CONNECTSign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.Subscribe on YouTube(@LearnAndWorkSmarter)Connect on Instagram (@SchoolHabits)Connect on Facebook (SchoolHabitsKatie)

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95. Why You Always Think Things Will Take Less Time Than They Do: Time Estimation Tips (ADHD Friendly)

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13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

2ª PARTE | 06 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 22 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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