“The mere consciousness of an engagement will sometimes worry a whole day.” That’s Charles Dickens. In other words, if you try and break up your day into lots of little chunks of time, your productivity is massively destroyed even though the time available is pretty much notionally the same.
interesting observation on how infinite choice changes our relationship with time
Operator life: Quick tempo, constant follow-up, putting out fires, racing through the to-do list.
Creative life: Long bouts of daydreaming, followed by short bursts of intense and inspired action.