Maybe rather than scheduling when, schedule how much. Make a list of items for the day, and how much total time you want to devote to each. This will allow you to do some task in 15min chunks while you’re waiting for your columns. E.g. you list 2 chromatography sessions that take an hour each, and four email chunks of 15min each that can be done concurrently as the agonizingly slow columns drip.
Maybe you have writing time on your list too, but that requires 20 min to context switch into, and 10 min to leave breadcrumbs for yourself, so you list 90min. You know that during that time, you’ll be single-tasking only.
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