Having Incomplete Tasks May Increase Productivity

Amantha Imber proposes that starting the morning with a task which was partially completed earlier is more likely to result in priming the brain to be in a "flow" state when completing the task. Psychologists have named the brain's greater attention to incomplete tasks the "Zeigarnik Effect".

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Writing at a Time of Plague

Brigid Delaney shares writer's tips about working from home . These include:

• Do hard things first.
• Have a routine and stick to it.
• Exercise daily.
• Remember, the internet is your enemy.

On a side note, Jenny Farrell observes in her "Writing at a Time of Plague" how the Italian plagues spurred the Renaissance and the use of the vernacular. -DD