Close the loop before you switch

Finish it, or write the next step. Then switch all the way.

PWe reviewed the research on it.Habits and systems

How to use it

Part of your attention stays on an unfinished task when you switch, and it makes you worse at the next one. Before switching, finish the piece, or write "next step: ___" on it. Batch messages at set times.

How sure we are

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

Sources

Leroy 2009 (two experiments and a follow-up).

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