I am not the person you are responding to, but the two are not mutually exclusive. You can still answer your messages and not miss meetings. For example:
- 8h30AM start working, until 10AM, mostly focused work.
- Take 5 minutes to start the laundry.
- 10h05AM to 11AM, back to work. Mostly focused work.
- Meeting from 11AM to 12PM.
- Lunch from 12PM to 12h30PM.
- Work/meeting from 12h30PM to 2PM.
- Random chores around the house from 2PM to 2h30PM.
- Work/meeting 2h30PM to 4PM.
- Go for a 30 minutes run. I have my phone with me, obviously won't go if I have a meeting.
- 4h45PM I am back in my chair and I work until 6PM.
Now to my colleagues, I was there the whole day. To my employer, I worked the correct number of hours. Yet personally, I was able to break my focus/meeting time into chunks and get a lot more done than if I was in office from 9 to 5.
It's not really about being async. It's about accepting that my brain will start slowing after 1-1h30 of focused work, so I can take a real break, while still doing something valuable. Whereas at work I'd probably just browse HN for 15-30 minutes.
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I am not the person you are responding to, but the two are not mutually exclusive. You can still answer your messages and not miss meetings. For example:
- 8h30AM start working, until 10AM, mostly focused work.
- Take 5 minutes to start the laundry.
- 10h05AM to 11AM, back to work. Mostly focused work.
- Meeting from 11AM to 12PM.
- Lunch from 12PM to 12h30PM.
- Work/meeting from 12h30PM to 2PM.
- Random chores around the house from 2PM to 2h30PM.
- Work/meeting 2h30PM to 4PM.
- Go for a 30 minutes run. I have my phone with me, obviously won't go if I have a meeting.
- 4h45PM I am back in my chair and I work until 6PM.
Now to my colleagues, I was there the whole day. To my employer, I worked the correct number of hours. Yet personally, I was able to break my focus/meeting time into chunks and get a lot more done than if I was in office from 9 to 5.
It's not really about being async. It's about accepting that my brain will start slowing after 1-1h30 of focused work, so I can take a real break, while still doing something valuable. Whereas at work I'd probably just browse HN for 15-30 minutes.