> What are your ways of reducing this warm-up time? Or maybe I'm just lazy and nobody else have this problem? As far as I can tell, this is a fairly normal par

> What are your ways of reducing this warm-up time? Or maybe I'm just lazy and nobody else have this problem? As far as I can tell, this is a fairly normal part of knowledge / creative work. You call it wasted time, but some part of it is essential to do the job well, and so you’re legitimately working during that time. It simply takes time for a human brain to shift from interactivity to contemplation, and a short chess game or similar seems like a good way to spend that time.