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Context switching
Context switching
Category: attention concept
Summary: The cost of moving attention between unrelated tasks or environments.
What it means
Context switching makes knowledge work feel harder because it forces repeated reloading of goals, concepts, and decisions.
How it shows up in personal knowledge management
It connects to attention-management, deep-work, time-blocking, project-notes, and dashboards.
Common mistakes
- Keeping every project visible at once.
- Using capture tools that interrupt focused work.