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Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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Post by hathawsh » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 10:52 PM UTC

isostatic wrote: post #113

padobson wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Self discipline definitely has a momentum effect. My most productive days are the ones that start at 5am with a run, followed by a shower, meditation, and writing up a list of things I want to accomplish that day. Then I start working with my noise cancelling headphones and my flow-state playlist. It's very deliberate from start to finish. My least productive days are the ones where I roll out of bed randomly, when t…

I'm the opposite. If my brain has to engage before 10am the day's a waste. If I "ease into the day" then once I've dealt with the world on fire stuff about 11.30 I'll power through and before I know it it's 9PM and I've been massively productive.

Same here. If I start early (particularly due to a meeting), it's difficult to do any serious mental work for the rest of the day because I consistently forget what I'm working on. I can force myself to work anyway, but then I'm more prone to make mistakes. It's much better for me to ease into work.

I learned a few years ago that defying my internal clock even has physical effects such as poor digestion and terrible stomach pain. The popular advice to rise early is harmful in my case.

Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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Post by Ftuuky » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 10:59 PM UTC

criddell wrote: post #112

padobson wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Self discipline definitely has a momentum effect. My most productive days are the ones that start at 5am with a run, followed by a shower, meditation, and writing up a list of things I want to accomplish that day. Then I start working with my noise cancelling headphones and my flow-state playlist. It's very deliberate from start to finish. My least productive days are the ones where I roll out of bed randomly, when t…

What's on your flow state playlist?

Search on YouTube for Lofi hip hop mix - Beats to Study/Relax to . Works amazingly well for me.

Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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Post by owenversteeg » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 11:34 PM UTC

hessenwolf wrote: post #123

I just used it to consult with a young woman who cancelled her open heart surgery today, which gives her two years to live. The result was low expectancy, and the advice is indeed helpful.

Wow, that's a heavy thing to deal with. Why'd she cancel the surgery and how was it related to procrastination?

Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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Post by User23 » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 11:37 PM UTC

One of the major causes of procrastination is being assigned obviously pointless busy-work. It's hard to be motivated when you know that you're just box-checking.

Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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Post by rhacker » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 11:44 PM UTC

I found BossAsAService through this. Nice idea.

Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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Post by sasaf5 » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 11:45 PM UTC

You procrastinate because you are tired. Sleep, and entertain yourself with the presence of good people. Boom, procrastination gone.

Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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Post by typpo » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 11:52 PM UTC

ben509 wrote: post #116

r3bl wrote: post #18

Can I suggest either carefully stripping away user input or not using it at all in questions? Clear security issue appeared when I typed: alert("this is bad") ...as a reason of my procrastination: https://imgur.com/a/Xmdi9VQ EDIT: Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting

Yes, in this particular case, it doesn't open a security hole. But scrub all your inputs anyway. That one time you forget, it will be a cosmetic error due to double encoding instead of a security hole due to no encoding.

I don't really get this criticism. This is a client-only app. Scrubbing input on the client is a bad way to avoid XSS because an attacker can modify the client. So teaching developers to sanitize strings in their frontend JS is not helpful. Why do we care what she does on her single page side project?

Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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Post by Yokohiii » Fri, Jun 22, 2018, 12:32 AM UTC

They couldn't find out why I am procrastinating. We are on par.

Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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Post by abagh0703 » Fri, Jun 22, 2018, 12:45 AM UTC

kibwen wrote: post #43

With regard to dealing with impulsiveness on the internet by "throwing away the keys", the site recommends the StayFocusd extension for Chrome, but doesn't recommend anything for other browsers. For Firefox users, I recommend LeechBlock, which has a long history of maintenance, lots of users, and versions for both old and new Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/leechblock-ng...

freedom.to costs money but works across multiple browsers and your mobile devices. not free but I've found it's worth the cost.

Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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Post by delinka » Fri, Jun 22, 2018, 12:46 AM UTC

“Sorry, we can't seem to find what the problem is.”

I know what the problem is: it’s a hobby project and 1) employer work takes priority and 2) I’m so stinking tired at the end of a day and 3) adult chores take priority on the weekend.