If you are have a lot of procrastination problems and if you have always had those problems from an early age, don't dismiss the idea that you may actually have ADHD. There really isn't adult onset ADHD, but there are a fair number of adults who have undiagnosed ADHD. Take an online screening test and that will tell you if you might want to see somebody about a full test. This article is talking about the idea that w…
In some people, sensory overload can trigger ADHD like symptoms.
For most of us, lack of sleep or poor sleep quality can trigger a mountain of different symptoms.
> On my iPhone I move every single application into a folder named “.”. I then move that onto the second screen. My phone dock has four apps: Phone, Headspace, Things and SMS: Yawn. When I read these minimalism tips I always wonder if people giving this advice ever had a real job or if their job is actually giving people minimalism advice. Good luck trying to justify being the only one without Skype/Slack/Gmail
I am already fully booked for side projects, but one I've been wanting to tackle is to write a plugin for my IDE that just watches for signs of activity and temporarily sets the Do Not Disturb settings for up to some time limit.
But just getting a pomodoro app that also manipulates DND would probably be a lot simpler.
I think I've successfully managed to "beat" procrastination by adopting the pomodoro technique. I've shipped software for years now. What I've come to realise however is that the brain/body can only do so much work in a day. I can program for a few hours a day (on a good day) and then it becomes increasingly more effort to do more coding. Sometimes, depending on the task, I'll be able to switch to another task. Howev…
For me, productivity killers are PRs. This ruins my flow so much. Side projects I can code forever, but at work being stuck having to wait for reviews and trying to juggle what I can do without having to wait for the first review kills me.
If you are have a lot of procrastination problems and if you have always had those problems from an early age, don't dismiss the idea that you may actually have ADHD. There really isn't adult onset ADHD, but there are a fair number of adults who have undiagnosed ADHD. Take an online screening test and that will tell you if you might want to see somebody about a full test. This article is talking about the idea that w…
but people should be careful assuming they have it. people should do as you say and simply see professionals about it and be tested for it. stress and anxiety can present symptoms that overlap with ADHD symptoms.
Yep, that's why a big part of a real diagnosis is "did you have these problems in elementary school". If they started when you got your first iPhone after university ... it's not ADHD.
I fundamentally disagree with all the tips in the article. Mostly because I’ve tried them and tips like this in the past. They work but only for brief periods. They all require force. Forcing behavior on yourself. The mind becomes a critical parent to the mind. I realize this is a negative comment. “What works then?” you might ask. That’s something I’m still figuring out. However a negative result is useful because it saves you from wasting time on dead ends.
In my case, procrastination is a sign of depression. It is an escape mechanism. I found myself dropping clients after procrastinating instead of completing their projects because something about them always stressed me, made me hate money or what I do for a living. 30 minutes or 3 hours of shutting my brain off, telling myself I will do it later is my way of escaping. There is something subconscious about it always a…
Also could be your brain saying "Ok I have enough input data, now let me do some backend processing subconsciously while you do more mundane stuff" and then 3 hours later what has to be done makes way more sense. I find sometimes that constantly nagging myself to keep working/stay on task is self-defeating in this way. I like to do "cron" stuff in the morning while my brain gets fully online like, walk, work out, any scheduled task that is basically no brainer and needs to be done. Once I get all that out of the way then I focus on projects and other activities that require more deliberate and profound thought. I think someone else commented in this thread that "setting the cadence" for the day like this is important to be productive but I try not to be so grind-y in the afternoons because I know my brain is chugging away on its own. YMMV
I see lot of people focusing on some kind of lifehacks and tips to beat procrastination. The truth is(in my opinion) that it doesn't really matter how ergonomic your workflow is, or how distraction free your office/desktop/phone becomes. In the back of your mind you still know about these things. You know you can open youtube any time you want and browse for videos aimlessly. For me, it's all about stress. Procrastin…
I agree that developing "lifehacks", when taken too far, can be a form of procrastination itself. ...and that the underlying cause is emotional. Nevertheless - we still need to do them. I think the answer is both simpler and more difficult than most people are characterizing here. 1. Discipline takes training (preferably from a young age). If you practice overcoming those mental blocks, you will be more accustomed to…
Very similar to my process.
Most people struggle with prioritising because they think that it is deciding what order to do things in - I like to say that far more important than that is deciding what things you are NOT going to do.
Implement all these life hacks and you too can crank out 4% more JavaScript per day and don’t even have to worry about politics, current affairs or what is going on in the country or the world.
It’s not like being informed is an important part of being a citizen.
Sure, and yet... why is anyone ever late to anything? Let alone why are some people persistently late, in circumstances where that matters, and they know it's an issue? Rationally that makes no sense so dismissing techniques for resolving it that also don't make rational sense on that basis seems wrong.
Not sure what you are trying to say here. Do you mean "because we don't know why people are getting late so dismissing a solution which I know doesn't work seems wrong" ? But you do being the reply with "sure" so was that an agreement ?
If you know that it doesn't work for you then obviously that's simply a fact.
I thought you were making a more general statement that this doesn't work because it doesn't make sense (anyone using it would just adjust their timings).