See also https://adhdactually.com/membership
Basically moderated by a small team zoom sessions to body double.
Body Doubling
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#62If you need to practice body doubling it’s suggested you don’t go into a career doing knowledge work because you will likely have to spend a lot more time working alone.
It's suggested by who? The alternatives may be worse, or not available in some way to a person.
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#63This was the only way I could study in college. I had “study groups” but in reality all we did was sit quietly next to each other working through our own material. Worked amazingly.
I’m not ADHD, but that’s probably a bigger discussion
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#64Is this common? Maybe that's one of the reasons that people push for RTO, they can't work alone?
I feel like I'm opposite of this camp or have some excessive attention disorder but not on the spectrum or anything either. I just can't focus at all in this situation, can't work in coffeeshops, could never study in libraries, can't multitask/read/study/create/etc if the TV or radio is on. My brain is kind of single threaded. I don't even like using productivity tools or todo apps beyond just listing things at a hig…
This is funny, I've been running remote companies for mostly the last 20 years (with physical offices during some of the time.) When I first saw the coworking concept and the inside of a WeWork I thought none of these people are working, they are just screwing around.
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#65I’ve intuitively know about ‘body doubling’ for years but had never heard the term. I’ve just always understood that I tend to get the most work done in coworking spaces and cafes and not when I’m at home by myself.
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#66I find this also works when you go to coffeeshops that have a lot of people working
I am the exact opposite. I used to hear about people going to coffee shops and doing work and I would go there and I’d just be completely distracted by everything around me. I was forced to work in an open office for a while and I would have to leave early and risk getting in trouble so that I could get work done at home.
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#67This reminds me of https://www.focusmate.com/
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#69This is a concept primarily for people with ADHD by the way, if you're not in this target group you might not understand why it's needed, as we already see in this thread.
I’ve been doing this for a long time, calling them “study parties”. It works quite well for me. I wonder if this is some sort of indication that I have adhd, or if it’s just a generally effective strategy.
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#70I used to host weekly virtual co-working for founders who needed some accountability. We got a lot done during those sessions and ultimately met my co-founder through it. Later today we'll be body doubling virtually to get our taxes done together.
Why do you say “used to host”? What made you stop?