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I liked the general idea of this post, but for it to feel a little bit more impactful to me - it would have been great to expand on what you mean by 'schedule your days.' Maybe an example of how you are currently scheduling your life or even just a picture of a schedule that you have followed.
I have a separate post on the "how to" aspect of it scheduled to be released later this week.
> It’s easy to fall into habits like slacking off with Youtube, HackerNews and other social platforms – but have you ever stepped back to think how destructive it is? > I call it the “social loop of death” where you make your rounds on various sites and before you know it, 3.5 hours have past and you haven’t gotten anything done. > You end up getting 60 minutes worth of actual work done in an 8 hour day. I feel like…
I added 0.0.0.0 www.facebook.com 0.0.0.0 www.gizmodo.com 0.0.0.0 gizmodo.com 0.0.0.0 www.drudgereport.com 0.0.0.0 www.reddit.com 0.0.0.0 news.ycombinator.com 0.0.0.0 lobste.rs to my hostfiles. Sure, I can remove them if I want, but the extra effort keeps me from doing it. I left messenger.facebook.com open so that I can talk with people.
It's not like someone is going to comment that I've been looking at Facebook at work, but it helps trick me into not doing anything unproductive.
With my bullet journal I now have a system for reviewing tasks that, so far, actually seems to work for me.
> It’s easy to fall into habits like slacking off with Youtube, HackerNews and other social platforms – but have you ever stepped back to think how destructive it is? > I call it the “social loop of death” where you make your rounds on various sites and before you know it, 3.5 hours have past and you haven’t gotten anything done. > You end up getting 60 minutes worth of actual work done in an 8 hour day. I feel like…
If you have difficulty concentrating, are easily distracted, impulsive (i.e. checks Hacker News a lot), are irritable, etc, you might look into whether you have ADD/ADHD. I had all of those symptoms, but never considered I might have ADD until a few months ago. My doctor had me try Adderall, and the difference has been like night and day. I'm not saying you have ADD or ADHD. I'm not a doctor. But just based off of wh…
I have a standing desk. So my monitor is visible to everyone in the area. Discourages me from doing anything other than work when I'm at work. It's not like someone is going to comment that I've been looking at Facebook at work, but it helps trick me into not doing anything unproductive.
> It’s easy to fall into habits like slacking off with Youtube, HackerNews and other social platforms – but have you ever stepped back to think how destructive it is? > I call it the “social loop of death” where you make your rounds on various sites and before you know it, 3.5 hours have past and you haven’t gotten anything done. > You end up getting 60 minutes worth of actual work done in an 8 hour day. I feel like…
If you have difficulty concentrating, are easily distracted, impulsive (i.e. checks Hacker News a lot), are irritable, etc, you might look into whether you have ADD/ADHD. I had all of those symptoms, but never considered I might have ADD until a few months ago. My doctor had me try Adderall, and the difference has been like night and day. I'm not saying you have ADD or ADHD. I'm not a doctor. But just based off of wh…
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If you have difficulty concentrating, are easily distracted, impulsive (i.e. checks Hacker News a lot), are irritable, etc, you might look into whether you have ADD/ADHD. I had all of those symptoms, but never considered I might have ADD until a few months ago. My doctor had me try Adderall, and the difference has been like night and day. I'm not saying you have ADD or ADHD. I'm not a doctor. But just based off of wh…
This is literally me. I might need to go to the doctor. It's especially telling that I miss appointments frequently and have had work issues with completing people's sentences or not allowing someone to finish talking before I say something. A lot of people also tell me I'm not listening to them talk.
That used to be me too. After I started taking medication, I was a little surprised to notice I became a lot more patient with people. Specifically, I didn't feel the need to hurry social interactions along, etc.
I have a standing desk. So my monitor is visible to everyone in the area. Discourages me from doing anything other than work when I'm at work. It's not like someone is going to comment that I've been looking at Facebook at work, but it helps trick me into not doing anything unproductive.