Stop watching television, getting kids.
Ask HN: What changes in your life did you make to become more productive?
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#12Used website restrictors on multiple browsers to block out Facebook and other shit, then eventually stopped looking at Facebook altogether.
Also: had a baby, realized that my death is a certainty and that I need to make my dreams come true RIGHT NOW.
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#13Strengthen my self-discipline muscle. Seriously the ability to self-control ourselves is the biggest and hardest thing.
1) I HATE Running and I would run 3 miles a day around a 1/4 track 5 days a week. I could stop at anytime and just did it.
2) I fasted breakfast and lunch once a week. Just drank water period.
This was awesome then I got married and have kids. I am the most undisciplined self I have ever known and less productive.
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#14Being in a relationship. When single, I would spend time & money on dating apps and going out. Now that time is spent with her at home where we can read, work on side projects and just be productive.
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#15I started taking L-Theanine with my coffee in the morning. It's been about a month now and I find myself having incredible focus when I need to throughout the day.
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#16Serving in the army (and actually going to war, which is a nightmare, for a brief period):
1. It helps you get discipline right, and care less about "productivity" and "motivation" - you just do stuff. 2. It teaches you that your reserves and powers are limited, and priorities are an hourly grind of making the right choices. 3. It teaches you to stay sharp all the time, no matter what your body tells you to feel.
Not that I've mastered any of these, but even small hints I've picked up really changed my life before/after spending 6 months in pre-field training and a year in field (I was officer-in-reserve before, but it teaches you knowledge, not skill).
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#17Started my own company. I know why we're doing things and why they are important. And I know that if I don't do some things they won't get done.
In a similar vein; I quit my job and started my company. The number of empty hours I spent trying to be/look busy at work was astounding. When it was my own company, my work ethic became more sensibly based on actual output, rather than perceived output.
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#18I ditched my smartphone and opted for a dumb phone instead. For me, having a smartphone made my distractibility even worse than it naturally is (I have ADD). Also, I no longer hear the siren call of the internet calling to me everywhere I go.
Was it hard to make the transition? I wish I could get rid of my smart phone, but I'm so dependent on lyft, my gps, etc, that it's hard to separate the addictive parts from the parts that are really useful.
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#19In recent weeks: disabling push notifications for social apps, getting up much earlier (also to beat morning rush hours), pomodoro.
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#20Started working remote.
Stopped setting alarms for getting up in the moring.