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thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

Apart from my parents who are healthy and can take care of themselves we are in the same boat :)

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

> Also, efficiency is not everything. We are not computers that can just chug away on tasks infinitely. Any non trivial work, you won't be able to finish in one sitting. Some interruptions are inevitable and healthy and whatever methodology, you will lose some progress on the way and have to rework things. And it's also about priorities in life. Is the work-related, unfinished task really important / interesting enough to get stuck in your head outside of work hours? Maybe the problem is not getting interrupted, but ability to interrupt yourself and separate different aspects of life.

Very sound advice thank you so much

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

Thanks for the detailed explanation!

> Getting it off your chest is priority #1

seems right to me.

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

Thanks thinking back I can see situations where I was half paying attention to the other.

May I ask how you keep track of your context? Strategies, tools (digital or not) ?

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

Very nice analogies, thanks!

=> Write down stuff in todos and delete them if they stay for too long without any progress

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

Even if I think the same, for you the rest of the day is really "lost" meaning you'd rather work on/do the stuff you were doing between 4:30 - 8 AM all day?

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

Your totally right, kids are often a great source of distraction event though they are wonderful!

"Sadly" waking up at 5AM every morning will take time (even when sleeping) away from my spouse which won't work in the long run.

However I should try to wake up once or twice a week early and see how it goes. Thanks!

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

No offense taken! Thanks for your input. My question was not related solely to my work, in fact I enjoy my work quite a lot.

It is more that in my life (and I assume almost everybody's) I have to multitask. Chores, Family, Friends, Work, Personal projects... I don't like to let stuff in an unfinished state because it tends to pile up afterwards AND it stays in my mind as long as I'm not happy with it

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

Thanks a lot for the explanations and also for the technical details! Implementing visual cues with people who interrupt you often seems very effective.

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

I'll suggest the creation of a rage room tomorrow in my company!

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

Thanks! I'll keep in mind to write down more.

Also you are right about the fact that for some tasks/projects "finished" is not a real state.

thobiasse | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

Thank you! The problem is more being interrupted than distracted.

I like the the 5-10 seconds unload time. Like some others said, it will help me write down where I was!

thobiasse | 6 years ago | on: Lesser Known Coding Fonts

I love the APL333 font! Thanks mate!