There's a few of these plugins. What I actually want is a plugin that makes the time wasting sites unbearably slow. This way if I need to check something on one of these sites, I can do so without disabling the plugin. Maybe you can do something with increasing latency the longer you stay on the site.
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#12A downside is that it's not free.
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#17I have been thinking about making an extension that shows you how long you've wasted today. Whenever you visit a time-wasting site there would be banner ticking away.
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#19The list includes:
* I don't have a clear handle on what I should be doing
* I don't understand how to do whatever it is I should be doing
* I'm tired/fried and not able to think clearly
* There are way too many different things vying for my attention (too many things I should be doing)
And probably more that I'm not recalling at this moment. So this extension, at least for me, would be solving the wrong problem and sometimes even making it worse. Anyone have strategies for tackling/mitigating these problems?Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension that helps battle impulsive procrastination
#20Maybe this is the wrong thread for this comment, but I'm wondering if I'm alone in this. Anyone else find they procrastinate for reasons another than a habitual need to check e.g. reddit/HN? I find for myself, it's very rarely that I'm procrastinating without any reason, but instead that I'm actively avoiding whatever it is I think I should be doing for any number of reasons. The list includes: * I don't have a clear…
2. Make a to do list for the project, stream of consciousness style - then put it in order after everything you can think of is already on the page/editor. Breaking it down helps more than you'd think, try it.