I’m in a busy time of year for my department, and this year I’ve taken on more managerial tasks that I balance with still designing things. It’s really hard when my Basecamp to-dos are a mile long to switch from admin type tasks to being creative on demand. Anyone have methods they use that help get in the right mindset? TIA

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Only thing that’s helped me is to be extremely judicial about when I’m working on what (time-blocking)

Then buffer the first 5-10 minutes for “context switching”

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