Working in 90-minute blocks

October 3, 2026

Most of my useful work happens in two blocks of about ninety minutes before lunch. Meetings, messages and small tasks go into the afternoon.

During a block the phone is in another room, notifications are off and there is exactly one task on the list. If something urgent comes up, it goes on a sticky note for later.

It took a few weeks for colleagues to get used to slower replies in the morning. Nobody misses the instant answers as much as I expected.

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