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Angelica's avatar

That resonates a lot with me! Writer Zadie Smith has a similar approach - basically, ever since she had kids she was forced to give her working (writing) hours a bit more structure, and she does all her writing between 10am and 2pm, no interruptions. I maintain that most people can get more work done in 4 hours of focused work, compared to 8 hours of forced presence (at the office or online) :)

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Flo's avatar

If you work in a company and try to block some time out in between meetings, do not create periodic focus blocks in always the same time slot every week.

Try to create multiple series events which repeat every 3-5 weeks. If not, your coworkers will figure it out easily when your calendar is only fake-blocked and thus will call or overbook.

I know that this just cures the symptoms but not the cause, but it’s better than nothing and will allow you to get some focus time.

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