If you could completely redesign the working or study week, what would you change?

A natural way to answer

I think I'd build in proper time for deep, uninterrupted work — perhaps whole mornings with no meetings allowed. So much of the week gets eaten up by admin and back-to-back calls that there's barely any room left for the work that actually matters.

Key phrases to use

• clocking in — recording the time you arrive at work; starting your shift“I hate clocking in at a fixed time every day.”
• eaten up — used up or consumed, especially time, leaving little left“My whole morning got eaten up by emails.”
• pick your brain — to ask someone with knowledge for advice or information“Can I pick your brain about the new system?”
• drop in — to visit or come by, often without arranging it first“Colleagues kept dropping in while I was trying to focus.”