How to be more productive without forcing yourself
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How to be more productive without forcing yourself
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Re: How to be more productive without forcing yourself
#2Great article. It helped me go back to work.
I feel like the world would be a much better place with less procrastination. It feels like a premise for great work.
However, I feel much of actual content of the subject feel like scam or bullshit.
Beside this site and waitbutwhy.com, what are the other legit initiatives on the subject ?
Re: How to be more productive without forcing yourself
#3Great article. It helped me go back to work. I feel like the world would be a much better place with less procrastination. It feels like a premise for great work. However, I feel much of actual content of the subject feel like scam or bullshit. Beside this site and waitbutwhy.com, what are the other legit initiatives on the subject ?
Thank you for the comment!
There are some good books like The Now Habit by Neil Fiore or The Procrastinator's Digest by Tim Pychil, and good articles like the one on waitbutwhy, but information on procrastination is mostly scattered about. There aren't many projects focusing solely on it.
Re: How to be more productive without forcing yourself
#4I moved my television out of the living room and into a spare room. I felt like I was binging too much and wanted a jolt to my routine. Since doing so, I’ve read a backlog of books and even stated practicing tech skills I wanted to develop after work. I can vouch for it not seeming as difficult to do after toning down my stimulation. In fact, I can’t wait to get off work to start doing my stuff. Losing tv felt really weird at first. I ate in front of it. I’d turn on one quick show (that always turned in to several episodes!) after work to relax. I’ll probably go watch some shows I’m looking forward to once they’re out, but it’ll be more of a decision than a default. Tv isn’t the devil. I just needed more balance in my life, and the results are making me feel a lot more fulfilled than I was.
Re: How to be more productive without forcing yourself
#5I found the "get bored" astonishing. I used to lie down on bed when I was younger and just think and do nothing. That always motivated me to keep doing stuff throughout the day. I really got excited after a couple of minutes to continue or start a new task. Unfortunately that trick doesn't work anymore, now I'd just fall asleep. On the other hand I don't suffer from insomnia anymore.
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#6Good summary of what procrastination essentially is: an emotional problem, rarely about "laziness" or time management. Readjusting your dopamine sensitivity will most likely solve most of it, trading my expensive gaming PC for a Macbook Pro probably was the biggest game-changing (pun not intended) event of my life so far, and greatly improved my relation to work and life in general.
Re: How to be more productive without forcing yourself
#7New years resolutions and other big changes tend not to work very well because they are big changes and we are very bad at big changes. Probably the most important piece of information I needed to make lasting changes to how I spent my day was the combined knowledge and idea:
1) I ran on habits for most of my day
2) I could change about 1% of my day every month
Doing small changes continuously results in a big change within a few years and most of your day is completely different. You can learn to do uninteresting, uninspiring chores if you just put small progressions towards it.
Re: How to be more productive without forcing yourself
#8I moved my television out of the living room and into a spare room. I felt like I was binging too much and wanted a jolt to my routine. Since doing so, I’ve read a backlog of books and even stated practicing tech skills I wanted to develop after work. I can vouch for it not seeming as difficult to do after toning down my stimulation. In fact, I can’t wait to get off work to start doing my stuff. Losing tv felt really…
Environment changes are powerful. Same goes for apps like Twitter. I used to have it both on my phone and tablet, and that lead to me checking it hundreds of times a day. Now I only access it in the browser, and in restricted time windows. Much better.
Another "environment setup" example would be buying an analog alarm clock instead of using your phone (and doom scrolling for 30 minutes every morning.
Simple changes, profound effects.
Re: How to be more productive without forcing yourself
#9I found the "get bored" astonishing. I used to lie down on bed when I was younger and just think and do nothing. That always motivated me to keep doing stuff throughout the day. I really got excited after a couple of minutes to continue or start a new task. Unfortunately that trick doesn't work anymore, now I'd just fall asleep. On the other hand I don't suffer from insomnia anymore.
When I had to prep for the GRE, for a month I would go in the early morning to my dad's office (he only uses it for a few hours) and study there. And there was nothing in the office. No other books, no tv, and the internet wasn't as much fun then. So I had only two options: study or sleep. Obviously I slept a lot, but there's only so much you can sleep! So I ended up studying very well and getting really good scores (not that it mattered a rats ass in the end).
Re: How to be more productive without forcing yourself
#10Good summary of what procrastination essentially is: an emotional problem, rarely about "laziness" or time management. Readjusting your dopamine sensitivity will most likely solve most of it, trading my expensive gaming PC for a Macbook Pro probably was the biggest game-changing (pun not intended) event of my life so far, and greatly improved my relation to work and life in general.
I would consider selling my expensive gaming PC if whatever I replaced it with had a reasonable similar CPU. Not sure if I can get that from any type of laptop though at least not without paying more than I paid for my PC. Also I kinda need PCIe lanes.