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I wonder how many people think that this is good advice and at the same time - complain about the office being distracting - talk about the importance of good

by jstx1 5y ago

I wonder how many people think that this is good advice and at the same time - complain about the office being distracting - talk about the importance of good ergonomics while working - talk about how important deep work is to them and how they don't like being interrupted

jaredcwhite 5y ago
- Offices are distracting because people there can interrupt you at any time because they're the people you work with. You don't have the buffer of email/chat/voicemail/etc. (and assuming you have healthy work habits, you rarely sense the urgency to immediately response to any of those). - Good ergonomics are important when you're working in a single location for hours every day. - Sometimes I find it _easier_ to slip into deep work when I'm not in my typical place of doing business. There I feel the weight of all the fires I might have to put out and other daily responsibilities. Off in some other locale, I can tune everything else out and it's just me and my objective.