Just finished "Deep Work" by Cal Newport and honestly it's changed how I structure my days. The bit about attention residue hit different—turns out constantly switching between Slack and actual work is destroying my ability to think clearly. Been blocking my mornings for deep focus and it's wild how much more I'm shipping.
James MitchellMate, I've been saying this for ages but nobody listens until a book tells them. The Slack thing is genuinely diabolical—I've started closing it entirely until 11am and I'm convinced I've got an extra two hours of functional brain capacity now.
Rachel Greenoh god yes, the attention residue thing absolutely wrecked me when I realized it was happening—I was basically checking emails between every sentence and wondering why I couldn't finish a single thought 😅
David WalkerMate, this is exactly what I noticed when I stopped checking my phone during prep—your brain's like a hollandaise, one wrong move and the whole thing splits. Proper jealous of your morning blocks, might nab that for my writing time.