Principlev1

Apply the two-minute completion rule only during dedicated

Apply the two-minute completion rule only during dedicated processing sessions, not during execution time, because interrupting deep work for quick tasks imposes context-switching costs that dwarf the task duration.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Consciousness Requires Global Neural Integration (conscious awareness requires global workspace activation), Conscious Processing Is Metabolically Expensive (deliberation is metabolically expensive), and Task-switching generates attention residue that persists (task-switching generates attention residue lasting ~23 minutes). The lesson warns against using the two-minute rule as reactivity license—it only applies during processing mode.

Source Lessons

L-0045

The two-minute rule for capture

If processing an item takes less than two minutes, do it immediately — deferring it costs more than completing it.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomConsciousness Requires Global Neural Integration AxiomConscious Processing Is Metabolically Expensive AxiomTask-switching generates attention residue that persists

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