Why does one difficult email feel like it will consume your entire day… only to take six minutes once you finally send it?

In this episode of Tales from The Lane, we explore the difference between physical time and emotional time, and why so many high performers feel overwhelmed by tasks that objectively do not take very long.

Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, and her own life, Kate explains how emotional intensity distorts our perception of time, why avoidance makes tasks feel bigger and heavier, and how stress convinces us that we "don't have time" for things that may only take a few minutes.

This episode is especially for people who:

• procrastinate important but non-urgent tasks
• Feel mentally consumed by things they haven't started
• Struggle with overwhelm despite being capable and organized
• Constantly feel like there's "not enough time"
• Avoid emotionally loaded tasks until the last minute

Kate shares practical tools for recalibrating your sense of time, including:

• Separating emotional time from physical time
• Shrinking the entry point to difficult tasks
• Using time-boxing effectively
• Reducing emotional intensity before starting
• Building evidence that your brain's estimates are often wildly inaccurate

You'll also hear why timing ordinary tasks can completely change the way you think about overwhelm.

If you've ever spent all day dreading something that only took ten minutes to complete, this episode will hit home.

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