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Resume the right task and remember the future action
Protect task quality across interruptions and delayed intentions by encoding resumption cues, avoiding nested goal stacks, designing reminders that bind cue to action, and separating execution support from internal-memory practice.
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2 heuristics · 2 protocols
4 elements
Protocol
Park the current goal before an unavoidable interruption
Use the few seconds before the switch to preserve the goal you are about to drop.
Read the idea HeuristicFlatten nested interruptions when you can
Every extra suspended goal makes the return path harder to see.
Read the idea ProtocolMake the reminder name both when and what
A reminder that says only 'remember this' still leaves half the retrieval problem to you.
Read the idea HeuristicUse reminders for execution, not as proof you learned to remember
A reminder can make execution better while making unaided remembering less practiced.
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