Four hours ago, I walked up to a big pad of paper and started mind-mapping the types of interruptions we might face while trying to get our work done. During that time, the following events took place.

While I was working, Tonianne, who was on Skype, wanted to do a microphone test.
Then I received an email for a meeting request from a client.
While responding to that, I received a lunch request from a colleague.
While responding to that, email arrived from another client with documents needed for our meeting. So I accepted those Google docs and scanned them.
While responding to that, my bladder told me that I should rush off for a bio break.
After that, I rushed to the board and started writing furiously about things that might interrupt us.
Then Tonianne wanted to discuss some work that was coming up.
Then I had my meeting.

Now, four hours later, I’m finally writing this article. My goal is to get this done by my call at 1 p.m.

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