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Honestly, "stop having fun" was the single best decision I have ever taken. I began studying a lot, I started to actually code my small personal projects, I began working on fiverr (I'm indeed still a student) and I'm much more confident in myself now. Ironically, when I was hiking 15 days without internet and coudn't sleep at night, I began scribbling down a similar essay: points 1 and 2 are the same, stop having fu…
I made it about 200 words before the anticipation of a sales pitch or call to action drove me away. I don’t know if they’re selling something, but it feels like it, and I don’t want it.
It's funny how I want to believe it but the sales pitch after makes me skeptical.
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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,…
How do you restrict the time windows in which you access twitter? Through technological solutions, or just through self-control?
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I agree with your points on appreciating yourself and better sleep. As for this seeming like cheap advice, keep in mind that A) many people have not heard it yet, and B) sometimes a new twist on an older concept drives the point home. And you don't have to buy anything. Most of the stuff we create is free on our blog or Twitter. We're not "vultures," we're 2 guys helping people to stop scrolling and go do stuff, driv…
Where do you think depression fits into this model? I have depression and take antidepressants, but I still experience an undercurrent of inescapable ennui that appears to be resistant to even the most interesting, well-defined and meaningful work.
We have an article that might have a useful tidbit or two for you: https://www.deprocrastination.co/blog/stages-of-self-develop...
To me, turning yourself into an efficiency robot is a recipe for disaster. I think instilling this need to always reach a higher level of output is going to have an opposite effect that makes people more stressed, especially with this idea that fun=bad.
Also I don’t think people can work solely using external motivation as the author seems to suggest.
“When something is boring, ask yourself: Why do I need to do this? Find and reinforce the why behind the work.”
If you consistently don’t enjoy doing something, it might be a sign you should be doing something else.
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It is called Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder [1], and is very common in blind people. I have it (though not blind). The Wikipedia article suggests some treatments. It's impossible to fix in my experience by forcing myself into a consistent cycle; I'll just grow more and more tired over time until I simply fail to wake to alarm. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-24-hour_sleep%E2%80%93wake...
How do you manage a job with this?
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Where do you think depression fits into this model? I have depression and take antidepressants, but I still experience an undercurrent of inescapable ennui that appears to be resistant to even the most interesting, well-defined and meaningful work.
I don't have any world-changing advice on that front, other than having compassion for yourself. We have an article that might have a useful tidbit or two for you: https://www.deprocrastination.co/blog/stages-of-self-develop...
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The article was what I needed to read, when I needed to read it, as it is something I am actively struggling with. And some of the advice, while I have heard it before, was framed differently enough that it allowed me to "get it" this time around. Thanks!
Happy to help!
This seems like cheap advice that's trying to get me to buy into a lifestyle in order to sell me things. "Have less exposure towards super fun things". "Get bored". These describe the same general concept as dopamine fasting. The third bullet point can be reduced to "focus on what you have to do, until you can focus on it" which is circular. I'm not buying in. Maybe I'm getting old but "failure to start" is starting…