That picture from 9am to 5pm with so many messaging apps says it all. Too much of the things that give us context is scattered and fragmented in so many places making it so difficult to take action on anything, and consolidating it would be more work than it's worth.
I think a lot of what it takes to be able to do focused work is to get better at actively search for context on what you should work on and why, on what problem is worth solving in what manner. Otherwise, I find myself keeping on searching for something or browsing around to give me a sense of purpose. Once I do, though, I don't want to be distracted from it.
I think a lot of what it takes to be able to do focused work is to get better at actively search for context on what you should work on and why, on what problem is worth solving in what manner. Otherwise, I find myself keeping on searching for something or browsing around to give me a sense of purpose. Once I do, though, I don't want to be distracted from it.