The cost of interruptions

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It seems a quick easy thing to do, just to check your email or Twitter, or answer a call. 

Don’t. 

Even though it'll only take you a minute, your mind will keep processing whatever it is you did for the next hour. And if it was something important, or irritating, or exciting, you’ll keep thinking about it for the rest of the day. Hell, maybe even a week. Wonder. Fret. Worry. 

The cost of interruptions to your writing is not time. The cost is attention. 

And when your attention is gone, the cost...