So this is something you learn sooner or later. People lie. And I don't mean maliciously. I mean they lie to themselves and to other people. Some prime examples

So this is something you learn sooner or later. People lie. And I don't mean maliciously. I mean they lie to themselves and to other people. Some prime examples: - How much they get paid. Honestly you need to see a W2 before you believe what anyone tells you. - Commute times. "It's 15 minutes door to door". No, it's not. It's like 35. This isn't even a "perfect circumstances" type deal. I honestly don't know what this is but it's so common for me to hear outright falsehoods for this I just take any estimate and double it and then go from there. - How much they work. Most people who work 70, 80 or 100 hours a week just don't. I mean they may work a lot but not that much. Kudos to this study for using a diary allocating time rather than self-reporting. - The article mentions this one but I'd forgotten about it: how much people go to the gym and how long they spend there. There's a weirdly large amount of self-delusion and presenting a particular image that honestly I could never be bothered with (which isn't to say I don't have my own foibles of course). Sometimes I wonder what I missed out on here in terms of social norms. But it just seems so exhausting and pointless.