I timebox only certain types of activities for exactly that reason. To me it's not really amenable to creative problem solving work. It might be for some, but n

I timebox only certain types of activities for exactly that reason. To me it's not really amenable to creative problem solving work. It might be for some, but not me. But it can work magic when I leverage it between one fun task that's easily interruptible and another boring task that is too.