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Effortless personal productivity (or how I learned to love my monkey mind)

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Re: Effortless personal productivity (or how I learned to love my monkey mind)

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Post by _benj »

I loved the article!

Over the years and after burning out I’ve learned observe my state of mind, but mostly for the distracted mode, and when I finding in it I’ll just stop whatever focus work I’m doing because very few good things come out during that mental mode, and a ton of frustration is built.

The part that I haven’t been able to accomplish is a good use of the low filter mode. For me in this mode I have little to no brain power left, and thus anything that is not effort than a YouTube video is a chore. I’ve curated my YouTube so is not completely full of trash and have chosen things that I don’t feel like I just burned a few hours of my life… but still, I’m trying to figure out how to use low filter mode better.

Again, good writing, thanks!

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Post by pitched »

_benj wrote: post #2

I loved the article! Over the years and after burning out I’ve learned observe my state of mind, but mostly for the distracted mode, and when I finding in it I’ll just stop whatever focus work I’m doing because very few good things come out during that mental mode, and a ton of frustration is built. The part that I haven’t been able to accomplish is a good use of the low filter mode. For me in this mode I have little…

I have trouble with this too! Lately, I’ve been trying to use podcasts instead of YouTube videos. Audio-only means I can also close my eyes and feel a bit more rested afterwards too!

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Post by Cxckers »

pitched wrote: post #3
_benj wrote: post #2

I loved the article! Over the years and after burning out I’ve learned observe my state of mind, but mostly for the distracted mode, and when I finding in it I’ll just stop whatever focus work I’m doing because very few good things come out during that mental mode, and a ton of frustration is built. The part that I haven’t been able to accomplish is a good use of the low filter mode. For me in this mode I have little…

I have trouble with this too! Lately, I’ve been trying to use podcasts instead of YouTube videos. Audio-only means I can also close my eyes and feel a bit more rested afterwards too!

I agree. You actively choose to listen to a certain podcast on a topic of interest but on Youtube, it is so easy to fall down the endless rabit hole of decreasing quality content and that doesn't feel like well spent low-filter time at all

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Post by nottorp »

_benj wrote: post #2

I loved the article! Over the years and after burning out I’ve learned observe my state of mind, but mostly for the distracted mode, and when I finding in it I’ll just stop whatever focus work I’m doing because very few good things come out during that mental mode, and a ton of frustration is built. The part that I haven’t been able to accomplish is a good use of the low filter mode. For me in this mode I have little…

> I’m trying to figure out how to use low filter mode better.

How about some brainless exercise dosed so it's not very straining? Couple of pushups, base technique that you know well if you do a martial art etc.

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Post by polishdude20 »

I've always thought of discipline as a sort of negotiation between the co trolling mind and the commanding mind. To succeed in accomplishing your goals, the commanding mind should learn how the controlling mind works. And that includes knowing what states the controlling mind is in.

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Post by teekert »

Hmm, finally some tricks that I could actually see myself use! Especially the healthy intellectual “snacks”. I mean I can get stuck on HN for a long time, but to be honest I could also do a course that just requires me to listen and eat a (physical) snack or something.

I'm still hoping that a some point this leads to a control over the states, but maybe I should give up that dream :)

"I also made so many mistakes that the next day I often spent hours finding and fixing them." Reminds me of what Rocky says to Grace (in the Hail Mary Project): "Sleep first, humans turn stupid without sleep." It's better to recognize it and surrender to it.

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