My model of research seems like it happens in hours-long continuous threads, rather than 30 min blocks (let alone blocks that you can specific in advance)
At least in my experience, there’s nothing about research that requires engaging with it in “hours-long continuous threads”; what you do e.g. in a single two-hour session can be done in four half-hour sessions, on four successive days. I think the limiting factor is rather having sufficiently many concurrent (and non-time-sensitive) research projects that you can fill an entire workday with 30-minute slots each allocated to a different project. That may be challenging for some researchers, but it’s really not a problem if you write encyclopedias for a living.
It seems that your main work is research (correct me if wrong), so I’m surprised you work in 30 min blocks
Yes, that is my main work. Could you elaborate on why you find this surprising?
My model of research seems like it happens in hours-long continuous threads, rather than 30 min blocks (let alone blocks that you can specific in advance)
At least in my experience, there’s nothing about research that requires engaging with it in “hours-long continuous threads”; what you do e.g. in a single two-hour session can be done in four half-hour sessions, on four successive days. I think the limiting factor is rather having sufficiently many concurrent (and non-time-sensitive) research projects that you can fill an entire workday with 30-minute slots each allocated to a different project. That may be challenging for some researchers, but it’s really not a problem if you write encyclopedias for a living.