How long?

The task takes one hour. It will be complete an hour from now.

The task takes one hour. It will be complete in five days, periodically addressed among other tasks.

The task takes one hour. It will be complete in thirty days. Twenty-nine days of avoiding it, and one day where it’s prioritized.

In all of it, the task hasn’t changed but for where it lives on the timeline — and how we feel about it.