And interruptions. Never forget interruptions. If I have serious work to do I'll push it off until Sunday then work Sunday and take comp time during the week. Get into the flow and go go go with no interruptions.
Its hopeless to do something large and complicated on Wednesday when the mean time between interruptions is about 15 minutes.
If I didn't have a Mon-Fri wife and some kids, I'd probably work 4 10s, Saturday thru Tuesday.
4 10s also helps because to put it bluntly most of the distractions will not be in the office at the start and/or end of my day, so I can get much more done.
Needless to say this is a direct slap in the face of the "open plan office" religious belief so this can be a bit controversial.
A lot of this is cultural. If I'm at work on Wednesday and everyone knows it, its utterly forbidden for me culturally here as a major violation of taboo to do anything other that totally drop everything I'm doing no matter what and immediately react / respond, no matter if phone, email, or (when we still used it) IM/SMS. Doesn't matter if its important or trivial. If its known I will not be at work on Friday or even if I just call in sick on Wednesday, even if its the same request from the same person, culturally its perfectly OK to let it sit until I arrive at work next week, unless its a total emergency and then they call me at home. Aren't people just crazy? Its a CYA thing where if I'm here there is no higher priority than instantaneous response not matter what under any circumstances, but being outside of work hours or out sick or on vacation is a perfect magical mirror-like CYA shield.
Its hopeless to do something large and complicated on Wednesday when the mean time between interruptions is about 15 minutes.
If I didn't have a Mon-Fri wife and some kids, I'd probably work 4 10s, Saturday thru Tuesday.
4 10s also helps because to put it bluntly most of the distractions will not be in the office at the start and/or end of my day, so I can get much more done.
Needless to say this is a direct slap in the face of the "open plan office" religious belief so this can be a bit controversial.
A lot of this is cultural. If I'm at work on Wednesday and everyone knows it, its utterly forbidden for me culturally here as a major violation of taboo to do anything other that totally drop everything I'm doing no matter what and immediately react / respond, no matter if phone, email, or (when we still used it) IM/SMS. Doesn't matter if its important or trivial. If its known I will not be at work on Friday or even if I just call in sick on Wednesday, even if its the same request from the same person, culturally its perfectly OK to let it sit until I arrive at work next week, unless its a total emergency and then they call me at home. Aren't people just crazy? Its a CYA thing where if I'm here there is no higher priority than instantaneous response not matter what under any circumstances, but being outside of work hours or out sick or on vacation is a perfect magical mirror-like CYA shield.