Context switching has a cost. Mood also has a cost. Task-switching may improve your mood by either switching to something non-work related every half-hour for

Context switching has a cost. Mood also has a cost. Task-switching may improve your mood by either switching to something non-work related every half-hour for five minutes, or just by easing the feeling of droning away into bog details. If you really don't want to task-switch into nonwork, a long-term planning/short-term work task-switch may improve mood and productiviy. (Full disclaimer: I am bipolar. The kind you medicate. Sometimes work brings a heavier toil because I'm depressed; sometimes I won't be able to concentrate because hypomania (enough that I take Ritalin, which calms me down))