Reactive block: what it is and what it means

The reactive block is a time window dedicated exclusively to handling email, messages, phone calls, micro-decisions and follow-ups. Concentrating communication checks in dedicated windows instead of spreading them across the whole day reduces perceived stress and attention fragmentation. Spreading the reactive block freely across the day does not increase availability: it increases cognitive noise.

Distinctive: dedicated windows
Distinctive: does not increase availability
Essential: email, messages
Essential: reduces perceived stress and attention fragmentation
Constant: concentrating communication checks in dedicated windows

Glossary

Reactive block

A time window dedicated exclusively to handling email, messages, phone calls, micro-decisions and follow-ups, concentrated at set times instead of spread freely across the day.