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I started doing Pomodoros [1] recently and I noticed a leap in my productivity. It also helps me to refresh my mind regularly and to stay focused on my tasks more easily. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
Have you found a good mac app for this? I've tried a few but haven't gotten a good one yet.
I tried out the trick Jack Dorsey recommended during Startup School 2013: keep a two daily lists of things to do and things not to do. Read it when you wake up, throughout the day, and before you sleep. Here's what's on my list: Do: take a cold shower; meditate; throw yourself in; work on hard problems. Don't: be annoyed or upset; lie down unless to rest without computer. It's working for me pretty well so far. For m…
I don't mean to sound rude, but does "Don't: be annoyed or upset" really make a difference? I mean, who objectively and dispassionately decides to be annoyed or upset?
"Don't let yourself be annoyed by minor things for very long" might be a more realistic take.
If you don't track your time, I suggest you do. Knowing there's a record of what I'm _really_ doing each day pushes/inspires me to make that record a good one. I started out using Harvest, but since I'm less interested in 'what project(s) did I work on today' and more interested in 'how productive was I today?', I've switched to RescueTime. RescueTime isn't new (YC 08) but they do have an updated interface, so it fee…
If you're a programmer I recommend looking at http://wakatime.com
Hardest habbit to change is time wasting. Reading HN, Reddit, News and forums where before you know it, that two minutes has morphed into an 45 minutes of mind numbing distraction. Yes I can block those pages but its more the need for a distraction than the site. Its a hard habbit to break. But its a part of my Depression, the lack of concentration.
I started doing Pomodoros [1] recently and I noticed a leap in my productivity. It also helps me to refresh my mind regularly and to stay focused on my tasks more easily. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
Have you found a good mac app for this? I've tried a few but haven't gotten a good one yet.
Have a nice morning ritual (go have a healthy breakfast outside, read the newspaper).
Start working on the most difficult task after.
Seeing a clock all day brings you out of the present moment - your mind wanders into useless thinking about how many hours until lunch, or until I go home, or even more negatively, "I've been stuck on this problem for x minutes."
1. drink a cup of coffee
2. take a good shit
3. tackle a big problem
Reading Hacker News