From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bob Newell Subject: Re: Tracking Interruptions -- Work Flow Question Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 13:17:39 -1000 Message-ID: <87zib3awh8.fsf@bobnewell.net> References: <1762394182.645329.1502589720701.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1762394182.645329.1502589720701@mail.yahoo.com> <87h8xcgp5g.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87378vzuo0.fsf@luisa.c0t0d0s0.de> <87378vol94.fsf@gmail.com> <854362451.903910.1502659799512@mail.yahoo.com> <871sofnlvg.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52394) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dh28g-0000QT-Lw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:17:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dh28d-0006zE-HZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:17:46 -0400 Received: from mail-pg0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c05::233]:38692) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dh28d-0006yh-Ab for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:17:43 -0400 Received: by mail-pg0-x233.google.com with SMTP id l64so35342950pge.5 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2017 16:17:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (udp073324uds.hawaiiantel.net. [141.239.246.29]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k4sm12382791pfk.26.2017.08.13.16.17.41 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 13 Aug 2017 16:17:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <871sofnlvg.fsf@gmail.com> (Tim Cross's message of "Mon, 14 Aug 2017 08:28:19 +1000") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Solutions to the interruption problem are definitely individual. In my case I simply tracked frequency of interruptions. I got from that the bottom line that I should not try to work at home--- a conclusion that I probably needed no software support to justify. When I switched to working at libraries and coffee shops, the issue became one of focus, and the pomodoro method solved that problem for me after a little fine-tuning of work and break intervals. I use one of the non-org pomodoro packages also, but it's all according to how you organize your work. I only think tracking length of interruptions adds value if you bill clients in time increments, and even in that case clocking out of the billable task is arguably more important than clocking in to the interruption task. If you want to know how much time is lost to interruptions, etc., just subtract your logged productive time from the length of your workday, to get the same depressing result as if you had logged all interruptions. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux *