That that’s not what “I don’t have the time” means
It actually is what it means though. The straight saying “I don’t have the time” doesn’t imply that you do or do not have unscheduled time, just that you do not have the availability to do it. Especially because people have to understand that the time it takes to do something is not how long the task takes.
Plenty of tasks have tons of time that is not properly included, like resource gathering, transport/commute times, as well as more abstract needs like the time it takes to mentally task switch or the time it takes to mentally recover from a task. Just because I don’t have every second documented doesn’t mean the time is available.
It actually is what it means though. The straight saying “I don’t have the time” doesn’t imply that you do or do not have unscheduled time, just that you do not have the availability to do it. Especially because people have to understand that the time it takes to do something is not how long the task takes.
Plenty of tasks have tons of time that is not properly included, like resource gathering, transport/commute times, as well as more abstract needs like the time it takes to mentally task switch or the time it takes to mentally recover from a task. Just because I don’t have every second documented doesn’t mean the time is available.