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• Parkinson's First Law Work expands to fill the time available for its completio
  he thing to be done swells in perceived importance and complexity in a direct ratio with the time to be spent in its completion....
• Work expands to fill the time available. -- PARKINSON'S LAW
• Parkinson's First Law: Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
• Work expands to fill the time available for its completion. -- Parkinson's First Law
• Work expands to fill the time available. -- Cyril Northcote Parkinson, "The Economist", 1955
• This is a good time to punt work.
• and maybe it'll work this time....
• A work project expands to fill the space available.
  -- The Einstein Extension of Parkinson's Law No matter how large the work space, if two projects must be done at the same time they will require the use of the same part of the work space....