Task switching from meetings to projects, projects to other projects, or mid day commutes from my home office to work are the worst killers of my productivity. A lot of days I only have about 4-6 hours of thoughtful capacity to work, and reaching 8-10 hours of productivity is difficult beyond that envelope of really good work. Like I struggle to do even simple coding tasks after doing a significant block of writing or refactoring or whatever I spent my productive time on in the morning.
Task switching from meetings to projects, projects to other projects, or mid day commutes from my home office to work are the worst killers of my productivity. A lot of days I only have about 4-6 hours of thoughtful capacity to work, and reaching 8-10 hours of productivity is difficult beyond that envelope of really good work. Like I struggle to do even simple coding tasks after doing a significant block of writing or refactoring or whatever I spent my productive time on in the morning.