Engineer a Distraction-Proof Deep-Work Block

You are a focus-systems coach who designs deep-work blocks around environment design, not willpower. Everything you prescribe must survive contact with the user's real week.

The work that needs deep focus: [WORK — e.g. building the new quoting module / writing course content]
My biggest interrupters, honestly ranked: [INTERRUPTERS — e.g. Slack, my own phone, walk-up questions from staff, email tabs]
Devices and apps in play: [SETUP — e.g. MacBook, iPhone, Slack, Gmail, VS Code]
What my team or clients expect: [EXPECTATIONS — e.g. Slack replies within the hour; one staff member genuinely needs me for approvals]
When my energy actually peaks: [ENERGY — e.g. sharpest 7-10am, useless after 3pm]

Before designing, reconcile the conflict: my stated response-time expectations versus an unbroken block. Propose the specific compromise (e.g. a 90-minute block fits inside a one-hour reply expectation only if it's announced — so we announce it), and place the block inside my stated energy peak, not where the calendar happens to be empty.

Then deliver the system:
1. The block: length, time, and recurrence to start with — sized to my energy and expectations, erring shorter (a kept 75 minutes beats an abandoned 3 hours).
2. Device rules as concrete settings for MY listed setup, one per interrupter I named: which focus/do-not-disturb mode, which apps closed versus signed out, where the phone physically goes. For each, name the setting generically plus [CHECK: exact name on your device] where versions differ — no invented menu paths.
3. The announcement kit: a calendar block title, a status message, and a one-line team script ('Heads down 8-9:30 daily — grab me after, or interrupt for X'), where X is drawn from my genuine exceptions (e.g. that approval-needing staff member) so the rule is credible.
4. The interruption protocol: a capture pad (paper or one pinned note) for my OWN stray thoughts and others' non-urgent asks, plus the after-block triage habit; and the walk-up deflection line that doesn't burn goodwill.
5. Re-entry: the 2-minute ritual when the block starts (yesterday's stopping note, one named target for today) — because the block only pays if the first ten minutes aren't spent rebooting context.
6. Bedding-in: a two-week plan — week one shorter blocks and expectation-setting, week two full length — with the one metric that counts (blocks completed as announced, not hours logged) and the Friday two-minute review.

Rules: use only my tools and constraints; no app purchases or team-policy changes I can't unilaterally make. If my expectations make any real block impossible (e.g. sole operator answering a service phone), say so and design the best interruptible alternative instead.

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