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Re: Productivity

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Post by mantas »

whalesalad wrote: post #295
eafkuor wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean breakfast is not "necessary"? No single meal is necessary, obviously, but why skip it? > skipping this meal saves me time in the morning. I already gotta worry about getting ready, feeding the dog+antibiotics, taking him out to pee, etc... one less thing to worry about. I really can't understand how you can put "getting ready" and feeding your dog above your own nutrition. Maybe you don't enjoy food…

You've been socially conditioned to believe 3 square meals per day are vital, and that breakfast is the most important one. That's simply not the case. Once you start to remove that bias, you'll have an easier time understanding where I am coming from with my lifestyle. I'm not choosing my dog's nutrition over my own. Rather, I find that skipping breakfast is a win for me for fat-loss goals as well as mental clarity,…

Funnily enough, breakfast is kinda important for fat-loss. What you eat in the morning will be burned throughout the day. Meanwhile a significant chunk of what you eat in the evening is not going to be burned and will be stored in fat.

Eating a lot in a single go is not healthy either. Thus you do need several meals throughout the day. 3 seems to be rather good balance. Although I personally prefer 2.

Re: Productivity

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Post by kilotaras »

vilmosi wrote: post #260
toasterlovin wrote: post #234

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Color me skeptical. Pretty much every intervention ever tried has failed to measurably increase IQ long-term. The only exceptions are fixing nutritional deficiencies. If you could reliably raise IQ by a standard deviation in reasonably nourished children, it would be one of the most profound socio-political developments of all time (on the scale of major economic transitions like agriculture -> manufacturing -> knowl…

Well average IQ of the human population around the world has been increasing in the past decades if not centuries. And it's not because we're evolving within a few generations.

Minor nitpick. I understand what you're saying but average IQ is by definition 100 (with a deviation of 15). The scale itself moves, e.g. new 100 would usually be more than 100 in previous iteration of the test [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect

Re: Productivity

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Post by oceanman888 »

WhompingWindows wrote: post #319
oceanman888 wrote: post #315

When I try to eat as little as I can at lunch to prevent getting sleepy(700kcal), I usually really hungry at 5 and productivity drops, any one knows how to deal with this?

Have you tried snacking?

I used to snack too much, right now energy drink suits me well. caffine +1 sugar +1

Re: Productivity

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Post by mantas »

FooHentai wrote: post #266
eafkuor wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean breakfast is not "necessary"? No single meal is necessary, obviously, but why skip it? > skipping this meal saves me time in the morning. I already gotta worry about getting ready, feeding the dog+antibiotics, taking him out to pee, etc... one less thing to worry about. I really can't understand how you can put "getting ready" and feeding your dog above your own nutrition. Maybe you don't enjoy food…

>I really can't understand how you can put "getting ready" and feeding your dog above your own nutrition. >Maybe you don't enjoy food the same way that I do. First, these are two separate thoughts, unless you have some confusion between 'proper nutrition' and 'enjoyment of food'. Second, 'proper nutrition' and 'enjoyment of food' often conflict since what provides the best nutritional value to your body is not often…

Actually "proper nutrition" and "enjoyment of food" are closely related. Although our bodies are selfish. For example, we like sugar so much because it's good yet used to be scarce. Now we finally can get plenty of it, but our body gets greedy and we overeat it.

Re: Productivity

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Post by raresp »

I'm curious about the average of your daily working hours. What will be a good number? 10 is too much? What about 8?

What do you do to motivate yourself?

Re: Productivity

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Post by opdahl »

sudosteph wrote: post #321

I don't know if Sam has ADHD, but these tips are very compatible with those that I use to manage my productivity with ADHD. ex: paper lists - physical stimulation from writing is rewarding, and re-writing things helps reinforce importance and accommodate for bad memory / executive functions (bullet journaling works great for this reason too) skip breakfast + am espresso - I prefer medication for stimulation (game cha…

When do you practice the meditation? I’ve been struggling to find a good spot to fit it into my routine. Usually I’m too anxious to get working in the morning, and too tired to do it before bed.

Re: Productivity

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Post by opdahl »

manmal wrote: post #275

My personal tip is related to one in the article: Instead of a full spectrum LED, use a near-infrared (Eg 850nm) light and shine it on your forehead for 5-10 minutes. The concentration gains I get from this are substantial, and they last up to 2 days. Security camera IR lights with 850nm can be had for $30 or so at Amazon. The name of the mechanism by which this works is called photobiomodulation, and there’s thousan…

Very interesting! What do you do while performing this? Do you just put it on while working, or do you just stop and «meditate» for the 5-10minutes?

Re: Productivity

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Post by grosjona »

dwaltrip wrote: post #328
grosjona wrote: post #265

>> Also, don’t fall into the trap of productivity porn >> ... >> Some sort of sleep tracker to figure out how to sleep best is helpful >> ... >> I take a low dose of sleeping pills (like a third of a normal dose) or a very low dose of cannabis >> ... I use a full spectrum LED light most mornings >> ... so I get about 15 hours of fasting most days The whole article is productivity porn.

Eh, I think you are missing the forest for the trees here.

Haha I guess he must have meant some really hardcore stuff...

Re: Productivity

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Post by sudosteph »

opdahl wrote: post #336
sudosteph wrote: post #321

I don't know if Sam has ADHD, but these tips are very compatible with those that I use to manage my productivity with ADHD. ex: paper lists - physical stimulation from writing is rewarding, and re-writing things helps reinforce importance and accommodate for bad memory / executive functions (bullet journaling works great for this reason too) skip breakfast + am espresso - I prefer medication for stimulation (game cha…

When do you practice the meditation? I’ve been struggling to find a good spot to fit it into my routine. Usually I’m too anxious to get working in the morning, and too tired to do it before bed.

The best times for me are either at lunch time, or late afternoon / early evening. I like to use it to help transition between parts of the day, it's a good way to wind down and collect yourself so you can change gears.

I mostly wfh these days, so it's not hard to find a quiet spot, but when I went into the office I would usually just take a lunch break in a nearby park and put headphones in, nobody bothered me. Walking meditations can be nice too if your space to practice is limited or noisy. If it comes to it though, morning sessions are actually pretty great. It's only 15 min so if your schedule allows it, doing it then and just observing the work anxiety might actually be great practice. Probably worth trying at various times and seeing what is most effective. Agreed about before bed time being tough though, I would fall asleep if I did it then.

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