Productivity theatre is soo rooted in our work culture that I feel guilty fixing it.

Things I've been experimenting with lately:

• Dedicated weekly time for DM replies (vs immediate replies)

• No meetings if it doesn't require an actual meeting

• Working uninterrupted on one big task for a full day rather than task switching

• Taking a longer break in the afternoon to walk and get some sun, and then finish my work later

• Having dedicated days for meetings (vs at anytime of the week)

• Phone on do not disturb 24/7 except family

• Opening mailbox 3 times a day, notifications only for critical services failures

• Saying no to distractions and liberate more time to build products

I've long aspired to work this way, and only recently discovered Jason Fried concept a "calm company". Can't be thankful enough!

We often talk about AI to fix productivity, not enough on broken habits we normalized