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Separate Writing and Formatting
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Mar 2026
Writing well needs focus on one task at a time. Mixing writing, structuring, and formatting wastes energy and breaks flow. To improve, separate these tasks and avoid multitasking.
9 Mar 2026
If you enjoy both writing and design, you may have sensed that doing both in quick succession feels strangely frustrating. You like both, but not back to back. It’s not laziness. We can focus on either for hours. The frustration comes from switching between fundamentally different types of focus. We experience pleasure in work only when we can do it with full concentration.