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Re:Productivity in 2017: analyzing 225 million hours of work... by Rainymood on Friday January 05, 2018 @03:39AM (#16077382)
>I’ve always been curious how much work the average person does per day. It would be a very valuable metric to have for setting expectations - of course we’re all different and listen to yourself, but just to have a ballpark...

I work in sessions of 45 minutes, then I take a 15 minute break. I use MagicWorkCyclce [1] to time this. I usually get 6 blocks of 45 minutes in on a good day. That corresponds to 4.5 hours of "real" work (deep work, focused mode work, whatever). I'm an academic, if that matters.

[1]: http://www.magicworkcycle.com/

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Re:Productivity in 2017: analyzing 225 million hours of work... by bosie on Friday January 05, 2018 @10:39AM (#16079237)
What do you do during your break?
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Re:Productivity in 2017: analyzing 225 million hours of work... by Rainymood on Saturday January 06, 2018 @11:15AM (#16085853)
Usually stand up, stretch my legs, talk to some people if I'm at the office. Most of the times I always get a cup of tea as well (or coffee if its before 1pm)
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