Tersosity & Verbosity

Good post on rules of thumb, some of which are familiar to me. I didn’t know the interruptions thing had a number attached, but I knew it was bad. I can seldom do much of substance without being free of interruptions. And I have to keep my self-sourced interruptions under control. I think part of my ramping up process that means the first lump of time I sit down to do a thing barely touches it is that it serves both as a thinking and mood altering phase, and a clearinghouse for things I’d do to derail myself, be they small tasks or ticks or what. The estimating one is well known, too, and soundly ignored by most.