That's one hell of a term to mean being afraid of being alone.
Body Doubling
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Re: Body Doubling
#82I can confirm this. As soon as there is someone else near me, I become productive. When I am alone I have no big motivation to do anything.
I’m complete opposite.
I'm the same way; every time I read about body doubling, it feels like it's written by an alien who's trying to trick me into something.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
If this concept resonates, https://www.flow.club/ is where you'll find people who practice this technique regularly. We use it to do everything from the work we care about and want to be even better at, to work we don't care for like taxes, bills and laundry but have some mental block or emotional resistance to. I think people with ADHD are hyper attuned to the effort that goes into everything from the moment we wake…
I'm just so tired of this VC urge to monetize every possible aspect of human interaction. You're selling yourself as a "community", but instead of actually doing that you lure people in with a free trial, to then use the friendships people make to lock them into a ridiculous 40€/month subscription. Sorry, but I'm not paying 3x a netflix subscription for what amounts to little more than a glorified discord bot. Actual…
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not real helpful to label a bunch of fairly ordinary. useful, and healthy, aspects of work misguided and then offer no alternative suggestions to address your points. You go for a walk, live in a tiny apartment in Manhattan, and use lighting colour to give a sense of 'work place'. Well guess what, your circumstances probably don't generalise.
I'm sure my own rituals don't generalize, but are you saying that the alternative to that is mandatory RTO?
I didn’t say that.
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
If this concept resonates, https://www.flow.club/ is where you'll find people who practice this technique regularly. We use it to do everything from the work we care about and want to be even better at, to work we don't care for like taxes, bills and laundry but have some mental block or emotional resistance to. I think people with ADHD are hyper attuned to the effort that goes into everything from the moment we wake…
I'm just so tired of this VC urge to monetize every possible aspect of human interaction. You're selling yourself as a "community", but instead of actually doing that you lure people in with a free trial, to then use the friendships people make to lock them into a ridiculous 40€/month subscription. Sorry, but I'm not paying 3x a netflix subscription for what amounts to little more than a glorified discord bot. Actual…
I joined that Discord, did a session, and promptly left afterwards. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for, if even as a Veblen good. I joined a community last year for example that costs hundreds of dollars a month and the price itself acts as a filter for being around the types of people you want to be around.
Re: Body Doubling
#86I 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.
That's interesting, though I feel the same about open offices.
The difference for me is strangers vs. colleagues.
There's a lot more interruptions when you know the people around you.