On Interleaving and Time-Blocking in Writing

When multi-tasking topics helps us remember vs starts penalizing our brains

Last year, I read an essay by Paul Graham called “Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule”. It was an introduction to an intuitive concept: there are some tasks that are better done in a single, undivided time block, such as studying, solving a quiz, practicing music, etc. And the reason why it works is it reduces cognitive overload on our brains, since an…