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What you need is basically to become more aware of the value of your time. Every day you get 86400 minutes offered to you. You can either not do anything with it or use it to accomplish your goals. Time is on of the only things you can't buy. Every one is equal on this level, this si the most precious and the most volatile ressource everyone has. But first you must define your goals precisely. So stop whatever you ar…
Although, I do have my share of procrastination but I have gotten a lot better than I was an year back when I used to spend all the free-time on movies. This weekend, I read lots of New Yorker articles, a small book, and finished writing an article. To an extent, I think I can do better by working on a small side-project but then again, there is always room to feel guilty.
You just have to hate wasting time and gradually, things will get better. There is no secret sauce towards working; if we had Facebook wouldn't be a multi-billion dollar company.
[1]: https://shubhamjain.co/2015/06/28/why-productivity-tricks-do...
After that, it's easier to actually work on computer-y things. Don't fool yourself into thinking that you can do thought-heavy things all the time. You need physical activity! Mind and body must both be healthy in order for either of them to work at the highest levels.
When this sort of thing happens to me it is usually because either I didn't have a concrete plan on what I was going to do beyond describing it as "useful" (or the project wasn't really interesting), or I had been deprived of relaxation due to being very busy for more than a week and the mind is "reclaiming" its time. If the reason is latter, I wouldn't worry too much. But in order to make my weekends or off days pro…
I personally find that the time I spend distracted on the internet does not rejuvenate my brain. To actually do this I need to sleep, go for a walk, build something physical, or hang out with friends. YMMV, but you should take some time to examine yourself and discover what genuinely refreshes you.
What you need is basically to become more aware of the value of your time. Every day you get 86400 minutes offered to you. You can either not do anything with it or use it to accomplish your goals. Time is on of the only things you can't buy. Every one is equal on this level, this si the most precious and the most volatile ressource everyone has. But first you must define your goals precisely. So stop whatever you ar…
1)I get up early in the morning on weekends (relatively early like 7). I have sleep at a sane time on the night before to do this, instead of staying up and watching netflix till 3 in the morning on the night before. Waking up at noon ruins the day for me. YMMV 2) Limiting the things you want to do. I had this nagging feeling that I should read all the interesting articles that come across in HN etc. I solved but ins…
If you genuinely feel like you want to keep up with news, switch to podcasts. Then, get your news while you tidy your flat, do laundry, or buy groceries.
Well this is the latest trick I'm pulling on myself, and I can say it does help, but due to its nature YMMW: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/go-fucking-work/hi...
The red is harsh and makes you feel ashamed, which makes you want to escape into the world of reading about the Great Boston Molasses Flood.
When this sort of thing happens to me it is usually because either I didn't have a concrete plan on what I was going to do beyond describing it as "useful" (or the project wasn't really interesting), or I had been deprived of relaxation due to being very busy for more than a week and the mind is "reclaiming" its time. If the reason is latter, I wouldn't worry too much. But in order to make my weekends or off days pro…
> I try to sneak in a small share of web browsing on working days. I personally find that the time I spend distracted on the internet does not rejuvenate my brain. To actually do this I need to sleep, go for a walk, build something physical, or hang out with friends. YMMV, but you should take some time to examine yourself and discover what genuinely refreshes you.
I hope by 'you' you mean 'one'.
I read an article some time ago that I cannot find. It stated that extreme procrastination is the result of a form of drug abuse: we need our daily dose of fb, youtube, etc to keep us functioning, but that takes all the time, and when we realize we wasted another day, it makes us sad, and the cycle begins anew. It is also no secret that these sites are designed to be addictive.
This article might help you too (well, the original, but I couldn't link that because, most likely, the author of the original essay procrastinated the renewal of the web page for too long, and it cannot be reached): https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/07/change-...
[1] https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/willpower-limited-resource.pd...
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> I try to sneak in a small share of web browsing on working days. I personally find that the time I spend distracted on the internet does not rejuvenate my brain. To actually do this I need to sleep, go for a walk, build something physical, or hang out with friends. YMMV, but you should take some time to examine yourself and discover what genuinely refreshes you.
> YMMV, but you should take some time to examine yourself and discover what genuinely refreshes you. I hope by 'you' you mean 'one'.