The one-week sprint (opens in new tab)

Recently I've been working in one-week sprints, and I've really enjoyed it! Tl;dr I need to do a lot of creative knowledge work, and have recently fallen into a routine which IMO is pretty good at facilitating that. The weekMonday and Tuesday — intense new work. I'm recharged and high-energy, and ready to grind very hard! I try to keep the whole day free: one contiguous, uninterrupted stretch of deep work, 12 hours or more. I aggressively clear meetings out of this space — a 15-minute standup...