https://jvq.net/tags/productivity/ Recent content in Productivity on JVQ.net: Just Very Quick Hugo en-us Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jvq.net/the-cost-of-context-switching-is-not-what-you-think/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jvq.net/the-cost-of-context-switching-is-not-what-you-think/ <p>The standard argument against context switching goes like this: every time you jump between tasks, your brain needs time to reload the previous context. Studies cite 20-minute recovery windows. The implication is that fragmented schedules are inefficient, and deep work blocks are the fix.</p> <p>This is true but incomplete. The more damaging cost of context switching is not the reload time. It is what happens to the task you interrupted.</p>