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How long should your deep work block be?

Pick a block length and see what that window is actually good for — deep creative work, or clearing the admin pile that is blocking it.

Focus snapshot: 60min. Good for deep creative work.

Deep workCalendar block

Start with one protected block. Protect it like a meeting.

Block length6025120

How to read this

Fifty minutes is the line where a block stops being a sprint and starts being deep work. Shorter is still useful; it is just useful for different things.
Put the block in your calendar as a real event. An intention without a slot loses to whoever books the slot.
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