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Raymond Zeitler <zeitra@yahoo.com> writes:

> Does anyone schedule and "org-clock" interruptions?  I really need to quantify how much of a drain they are to my productivity.
>
> I thought I'd include a generic "** TODO Interruption" in my todo.org (or an inter.org file) and schedule it every day.  Then I'd press "I" every time I get interrupted and perhaps tag it with a special term.
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> Or I suppose I could use a capture template just for interruptions.
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> What do you suggest?

Seems to me the danger of interruptions is not how much time they take
up, but how much time it takes you to recover from them, and get back to
work. Much harder to clock!