Or do you feel more and more agitated because you know that work is piling up during this time?
The number of hours spent in a meeting is often considerable, and only increases when one climbs the ladder.
I had fun making an estimate of the number of meetings I attended as a manager, before becoming a leadership coach. This represents more than 55,000 meetings, or 40% of the time worked during the first 25 years of my career!