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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.

Related pages

Context switching · Personal knowledge management · Ounie