It is my firm belief that priorities come from within. This isn't a researched stance – just intuition, but it will work for this purpose. When I wake up I tend to take a shower or eat breakfast, or drink some water, or something else routine. I do occasionally immediately jump to work, but only when I went to bed thinking, "I have to do this when I wake up." During the day, my tasks aren't based so much on defined priority; I jump to task because something catches my fancy.
My cat interrupts me. His interruptions are high priority. He bites, he scratches, and I don't want to antagonize him more than he is already. This is the closest I come to interruption based tasking, as I hear others speak of their tasking. When I prioritize my distractions they become more than just interruptions; they are the new task. Interruption based tasking seems like unbiased task switching – the ADHD tasking algorithm.
Certainly unmotivated task switching exists – that is my default mode. Browsing Reddit and wading through downloads saturate my default mode. I lump checking email and social networks into that, since those activities only become tasks in any meaningful sense when I do something more than drone through. Similarly, refilling my tea or coffee is an integral part of my default mode. When I become too agitated with boredom I quickly finish my cup, go to the kitchen, and refill. It refreshes me.
Tea refill time is the most decisive prioritizing moment in my day.
I have refilled my cup at least six times today.
