The Space Between Tasks

When you finish one thing and immediately start another, the day becomes a blur. You lose track of what you accomplished. You forget to breathe. The work runs together until you cannot tell where one thing ended and the next began.

Add a two-minute pause between tasks. Not a break to check your phone or scroll. Just two minutes of nothing. Stand up. Look out a window. Let your mind settle. Notice what you just finished before you begin the next thing.

This pause is not wasted time. It is transition time. It lets your brain mark the completion of one task before starting another. It prevents the mental residue of the last task from contaminating the next one.

Try it today. After each task, set a timer for two minutes. Do nothing. Then start the next thing. Notice how much clearer each task feels when it has its own space.