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Before moving elsewhere, try finishing everything you need done in your current space. The quicker you cross out your mental checklist items with less context changes, the better. The larger the distance between where you are and where you need to go, the more savings you can earn. This approach can prevent unfavorable scenarios including, but not limited to the following: needless backtracking, forgetting tasks in the first place, and lost belongings or long waits to retrieve them. What othe...