Comment by Joe Clark on "How fast you get into flow (zone)?"

CommentHow fast you get into flow (zone)?

Joe Clark

Full-stack developer specializing in healthcare IT

Nov 29, 2017

10-15 minutes for me.

What distracts me most often? Hashnode. 😜(just kidding)

Emails distract me the most. Because I work remote, I have to have emails on during working hours, lest people think I'm not working. I typically reply within a few minutes, at least to acknowledge the email. Most of the time, the email is about something that requires my immediate attention, so it's the biggest distraction for me. It's also my biggest stressor, especially when I get several emails within just a few minutes from different people about completely different and unrelated things.

Zachary Stone

Nov 29, 2017

Man, that is rough. I would be stressed just by the anticipation of being interrupted. Is there a way for you to set up your email to automatically mark certain emails to important and only notify you when it's important? I am sure you have already tried to figure something like that out. Also here is two beers, because I would need that after a day of that kind of stress.

I find the older I get, the less I can handle in number of issues simultaneously, email or otherwise. Sadly, there's no way to tell whether something is important or not without actually reading the emails. And, when it comes to email, I have a bit of OCD in that I HAVE to have all my emails read and replied to. It's a sickness. I'm sure of it.

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