Started to replace coffee after lunch for a short (from 15 to 30 minutes) nap. I usually would have good energy levels just with coffee, however napping brings me more clarity of mind and focus.
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#12The single thing that has had the largest impact for me has been simply making a list of things I need to do the next day on the night before. In the morning, often the hardest thing to do is just to get going. Having a ready made list takes out a lot of the factors that lead me to procrastinate.
For list making I've found Eisenhower matrixes[0] to be incredibly useful. That eventually morphed into me using a trello board with four columns that line up with the four quadrants, here's an example:
https://trello.com/b/pfcMyml7/eisenhower-matrix-inspired-tod...
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#13Step 1: sudo nano /etc/hosts Step 2: Type at bottom: 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 youtube.com 127.0.0.1 twitter.com 127.0.0.1 instagram.com Step 3: ctrl+"O"
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#14> I bought a CO2 monitor. We did the same, it's very noticeable, what we sometimes do is cover it and if people are feeling drowsy only then reveal it so we could be sure it wasn't a placebo (it wasn't). I hacked up (I'm not a programmer!) some code to log the data to CSV, which I then presented to the business as a case to change our aircon system: https://github.com/sammcj/airqualitylogger
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#15Step 1: sudo nano /etc/hosts Step 2: Type at bottom: 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 youtube.com 127.0.0.1 twitter.com 127.0.0.1 instagram.com Step 3: ctrl+"O"
What is this supposed to do, is it like a blocking thing?
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#16Step 1: sudo nano /etc/hosts Step 2: Type at bottom: 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 youtube.com 127.0.0.1 twitter.com 127.0.0.1 instagram.com Step 3: ctrl+"O"
127.0.0.1 news.ycombinator.com
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is this supposed to do, is it like a blocking thing?
Yes, it routes requests for those hostnames to your local computer.
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#19I work a task until blocked, then switch. Work the next one until blocked, then switch again.
You'll be surprised at how much you can deliver when you focus on delivering one thing at a time!