Focus-switching

One of the trickier things in academia is the focus-switching between all the different tasks and the requirement to produce the kind of work which is characterized by focus aka "deep work".

As a result I have often now seen colleagues working at odd hours or pull all-nighters. I simply can't do that as I lose focus or the ability to switch with lack of sleep. Hence i try to cheat by doing things like this blog and dealing with the tides of email during little waiting moments. Waiting at U-haul for example. In the bus etc etc.

Still. How to avoid the weird hours and carve a bit of time to code/write. Suggestions welcome.