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The cost of interrupted work (2023)

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Waterluvian ◴[23 Aug 25 23:25 UTC] No.44999915[source]▶
Some days an interruption will throw me off my train of thought, and I spend the remaining six hours collecting discarded bottles and railway ties for hopeful use somewhere, somehow, sometime.

Other days an interruption costs me pretty much nothing.

I’m still trying to figure out how to tell which of those days I’m going to have and whether to just not log into Slack for the day.

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1. nicbou ◴[24 Aug 25 07:12 UTC] No.45002057[source]▶
It could be that some tasks require you to hold a lot of context in your head. Interruptions clear that context and it must be rebuilt.

Or you could be tired. It’s crazy how ineffective one gets with a little less sleep.