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some work is "high context"-- you need to re-assemble some large mental structure every time you start there's a huge energy cost to starting/stopping this kind of work what is a good work schedule or approach for consistently, sustainably doing high quality high context work?

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

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@lisatomic5

idk but here's a book about this which i never got around to reading

amazon.com

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

9:43 PM · Feb 10, 2022Twitter Web App

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

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paul graham's "maker's schedule, manager's schedule" is probably also relevant and a much shorter read paulgraham.com/makersschedule

lisatomic

@lisatomic5

Feb 10

I now have mostly free days w/o meetings, and my problem is more like "what does a sustainable maker schedule look like?" bc it's not *all* 10-hour hyperfocus days, it's something like "hyperfocus monday; tuesday look at exciting new things; wednesday half-day of cleanup..."

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This is an overview of some of the scheduling approaches Newport outlines in the book

dansilvestre.com

4 Deep Work Strategies: Do You Know the Best One For You? Dan Silvestre

Doing Deep Work is the key to work on your high-output efforts. Here are the 4 strategies and philosophies to turn Deep Work into a habit.

ooh thank you!

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I did. It was interesting, many anecdotes about schedules of notable people (Darwin?), interesting bits about mental-hygiene of work (I.e. how it helped him if he physically turned off his computer before leaving work), and how deep-work can be done on various scales if trained.

Adam Saleh

@salehczk

Feb 10

Vaguely remember the scale going from hermit-schedule (you can literaly set aside months) to reporter (you need to be able to write in 5 min increments, possibly in warzone)