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Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension that helps battle impulsive procrastination

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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.

There's an extension called Delayed Gratification that just introduces a 30-second delay for the initial loading of sites for which it is enabled.

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension that helps battle impulsive procrastination

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The best of this kind of apps I've found is Focus for Mac[1]. It works at the OS level, allows you to block apps and sites, and doesn't get disabled if you restart the computer.

A downside is that it's not free.

[1] https://heyfocus.com/

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension that helps battle impulsive procrastination

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I 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.

It's not exactly the same thing, but Rescue Time is awesome for this (especially when you get the reports about your wasted time).

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension that helps battle impulsive procrastination

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Maybe 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 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

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Maybe 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…

1. Sleep (if possible).

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.

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