I liked the gamification hints:
- give yourself a clock, and race against the clock
- it may be boring, so add some difficulty to it, extra challenges, stretch goal.
neither may apply to all task though.
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#152PERSONAL ANECDOTE ALERT:
Since I've began working from home, something I've found helpful is assigning context to a physical space and moving from space to space to context switch.
For example, I browse the internet and read news on my front porch, but my office is strictly work mode. My living room is strictly a space for relaxing and entertaining guests, my kitchen/dining area is for cooking and eating. It may sound weird but if I get a phone call or have to make an email. I move to my office ( my note pads, and desktop is ready to go which is a plus )
I think the work-from-anywhere play-from-anywhere meme has been damaging to my productivity and happiness. I feel a lot less anxious and more focused.
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#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's on your flow state playlist?
I would also like to echo this question, always interested in what people listen to while working.
last.fm Doomed channel. Halloween dark industrial ambient. No beats, just some quiet screaming and throat singing. Sadly, it's taking a break "until October". I certainly hope it comes back!
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#154Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination
#155Well, maybe sometimes this happens to me.. "I just go check the headlines on my favorite news sites and then I start my productive day.. and I drink this cup of coffee." .. 2 hours later. "Just this one headline, then I'm ready." .. 2 hours later. "Damn, where did the day go all of a sudden?" Of course the solution is to first do the work and then read the news.. but that's the rational part of my brain speaking - no…
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…
> Self discipline definitely has a momentum effect
This sounds like an assumption. Isn't it equally likely that the condition that suppresses procrastination was responsible for all those things happening, starting with your run?
In other words, you started the day with operable self-discipline. Not related to behavior.
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#156Re: Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination
#157Earlier 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. I have always wondered how people can even wake up at 5 am, let alone focus and work.
In the mean time, I think, need for sleep is like appetite: some have more, some have less.
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#158Okay, I'll read it later!
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#159"Sorry, we can't seem to find what the problem is."
Neither can my friend, neither can I.
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#160Well, maybe sometimes this happens to me.. "I just go check the headlines on my favorite news sites and then I start my productive day.. and I drink this cup of coffee." .. 2 hours later. "Just this one headline, then I'm ready." .. 2 hours later. "Damn, where did the day go all of a sudden?" Of course the solution is to first do the work and then read the news.. but that's the rational part of my brain speaking - no…
The solution is to make checking headlines part of your work.