Nothing Takes Less Than an Hour

On assessing the value of time in the era of multitasking

Shya Scanlon
Forge
Published in
4 min readJun 1, 2020

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If you’re one of the thousands of newly remote workers out there, you’re probably managing your own schedule in a way you never have before. As someone who’s worked from home for a long time, I’ve learned a strange, basic truth that I believe can help you: Nothing takes less than an hour.

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Shya Scanlon
Forge
Writer for

Shya Scanlon is the author of Forecast and Guild of Saint Cooper. Follow him on Twitter @shyascanlon