Personal Time and Attention Map.

See the true shape of your working day before changing it, because people consistently overestimate focused work and underestimate reactive time and interruptions.

Track a representative few days against four categories, then map the interruption pattern. The cost of fragmentation is not just the interruption; it is the re-entry time it imposes.

Part A: Where the time goes

Day

Focused work (moves significant things forward)

Reactive work (messages, quick requests)

Meetings

Fragmented in-between (interrupted, recovering)

Part B: The interruption pattern

Interruption source

How often

Typical recovery time to refocus

The two or three largest drains on my time and attention (these are what focus and communication work will target)

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