Cost Per Swipe

I want to slap myself every time I grab my iPhone and swipe down to refresh my email. Don’t judge. I know you’ve done it too. Why would we possibly want to rush the accumulation of additional tasks?

1,440 minutes in each day.

-480 minutes sleeping (assuming 8 hours per night)

960 minutes remaining to use as you wish.

Cost per swipe to refresh email:

1 minute to swipe and eagerly review the results.

20 minutes to triage and respond to email messages.

10 minutes to think about the ones you saved for later.

20 minutes to re-focus on the interrupted task.

51 minutes per peek.

If you do this just twice a day, you lose almost two hours.

While you may think you are productive, you are giving away your most valuable resource.