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Depends almost entirely on how they are spread out. It takes at least 30-45 minutes to get into a task that requires deep thought and concentration.

Even for tasks that don't require deep thought, there is prep work.

Working out? Gotta commute to the gym or at least get changed. Gotta make sure you're not hungry but not full at the same time. Gotta make sure you're hydrated. Gotta make sure you have music ready to go.

Woodworking project? Don't even get me started on that one.

Whoops, you just lost 75% of your 'free time'.

I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but a lot of projects require a lot of prep work and people vastly underestimate the amount of prep work required. At least anything that's complex and sufficiently rewarding to warrant working 365 hours on.

Basically 365 free hours != 365 hours of working on your project.




There are ways to reduce on that 40-45 minutes and bring it down to 5-15 minutes.

Some comments from a previous thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14528393


Thanks so much for this! Bookmarked for some cool tricks!


Completely agree. And unless one is sufficiently privileged to have the space to leave setups as is, one needs to factor in cleanup/storage.




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