Quote Originally Posted by kelstarrising View Post
It could also mean something simple as receiving an email that will take more than 2 minutes to handle, and you decide to step out of "processing" mode and into "doing" mode to work on it.
Most of the time, when I read my email I don't think of myself as being in "processing" mode. I just answer the emails as I come to them (most of the time). If I'm in a hurry or if I decide not to answer an email right then I guess I step into processing mode.
Limiting yourself to doing only things that take less than 2 minutes means you're in processing mode. Just reading and answering a bunch of emails more-or-less regardless of length means you're in work-as-it-turns-up mode.