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Ask HN: What tools/methods do you use to focus your time well?
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#22I have a checklist app on my phone where I just have all the stuff I want to do daily/weekly. Then I check it off as I do it
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#23Stephen King’s Book on writing has a few fun quotes which seem related. Here are some samples: On protecting your focus/writing space: “The space can be humble (probably should be, as I think I have already suggested), and it really needs only one thing: a door which you are willing to shut.” More on the importance of your physical space: “put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remin…
Could you explain the part of the desk being in the corner, not sure I completely grok what that means.
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#24I've tried many things, to-do lists, timers, etc.
The only thing that has ever worked for me is Qbserve because it tracks everything in the background for me and lets me know if I've been off task too much. It is relentless in its tracking which is exactly what I needed.
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#25The most optimal strategy I can consider towards making efficient use of my time is to spend absolutely none of it researching methods or techniques to do so.
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#261. pomodoro method (plan out the day in half-hour time blocks, there's a bunch of other stuff I don't do) 2. build sunshade for laptop, go work in the park, turn off all laptop radios to save battery This won't work if you need the internet to get stuff done of course. Works for me though. When I am really fighting to Be Productive, I will take out a physical timer that I have modified to be my Pomodoro Timer by pain…
I like this idea, I wish it were easier to build a sunshade though. Have you had success with any methods?
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#27Stephen King’s Book on writing has a few fun quotes which seem related. Here are some samples: On protecting your focus/writing space: “The space can be humble (probably should be, as I think I have already suggested), and it really needs only one thing: a door which you are willing to shut.” More on the importance of your physical space: “put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remin…
Could you explain the part of the desk being in the corner, not sure I completely grok what that means.
> Could you explain the part of the desk being in the corner
That idea is continued in the rest of the quote:
> Life isn’t a support-system for art. It’s the other way around.
The desk isn’t at the center of the room because art (writing, in his case) shouldn’t be the center (the most important thing) of your life. You shouldn’t sacrifice your life to produce art, but create art to improve your life.
Zen Pencils has a short comic with the surrounding context for the quote: https://zenpencils.com/comic/king/
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#28Stephen King’s Book on writing has a few fun quotes which seem related. Here are some samples: On protecting your focus/writing space: “The space can be humble (probably should be, as I think I have already suggested), and it really needs only one thing: a door which you are willing to shut.” More on the importance of your physical space: “put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remin…
Could you explain the part of the desk being in the corner, not sure I completely grok what that means.
If life isn't a support system for art, the implication is art should support life. My take is that art (or your work) should be supplementary to life itself, and should not take over it entirely.
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#29Journaling. It feels like modding life with extra memory and save states. I made a tool for it. Thinking about doing a "Show HN" some time.
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#30About 10oz of coffee first thing in the morning. Then I let the world come to me ;) Being more of a maverick personality type, I don’t even entertain “methods” or “systems” to structure my life. I pretty much just follow whatever thread I’m on and do what seems best in the moment. At least this hasn’t failed me yet. I do tend to struggle with a little ADHD, which the coffee helps with. Other than that I just try to h…
I, too, follow the twodave method.