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# The Flow State Getting Interrupted -Deep Work Hours
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202301092304/
- Published: 2023-01-28T02:29:11.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-28T02:29:11.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: deep-life

> It takes approximately **10 to 15 minutes** of focused attention to reach a flow state. Once in flow, it may last from 30 minutes to a couple of hours. However, it is possible to achieve flow more than once a day, given the right conditions

> [time to enter flow state](https://www.google.com/search?q=time+to+enter+flow+state&oq=time+to+enter+flow&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j33i160l3j33i22i29i30l6.4430j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&ref=bramadams.dev)

> HEARTBREAKING: Software engineer has to turn around, take out one earbud, and say "huh?" when someone asks them a question even though they finally got in the coding groove ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/cszhu/status/1605075170254671872?ref=bramadams.dev))

> For an individual focused on deep work, it’s easy to identify the relevant lead measure: **time spent in a state of deep work dedicated toward your wildly important goal**. ([Location 1526](https://readwise.io/to%5Fkindle?action=open&asin=B00X47ZVXM&location=1526&ref=bramadams.dev))

> Also consider the frustratingly common practice of forwarding an e-mail to one or more colleagues, labeled with a short open-ended interrogative, such as: “Thoughts?” These **e-mails take the sender only a handful of seconds to write but can command many minutes (if not hours, in some cases) of time and attention from their recipients to work toward a coherent response**. ([Location 671](https://readwise.io/to%5Fkindle?action=open&asin=B00X47ZVXM&location=671&ref=bramadams.dev))

> For an individual focused on deep work, the implication is that you should **identify a small number of ambitious outcomes to pursue with your deep work hours**. ([Location 1509](https://readwise.io/to%5Fkindle?action=open&asin=B00X47ZVXM&location=1509&ref=bramadams.dev))