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A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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laurieherault wrote: post #2

Author here. It’s my first article. I’m a bit nervous but excited to get your feedback. If you deal with procrastination too, I hope this method helps you like it helped me.

It's a very interesting solution. I've been thinking more about filling my online time sheet system in advance but I suspect its too impractical to stick to times or keep readjusting with interruptions, so maybe I will try post-its.

I notice a bit of a link in behaviors between people I know who have ADHD and/or OCD. I'm not really sure what someone who "gives-in" to OCD impulses would feel as side effects, etc.. But I'm kind of curious if you see a downside to having followed loops for their reinforcing effects over days of work, etc?

Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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pbronez wrote: post #3

Pretty cool. It’s interesting to see how the receipt printer evolved from your post-it system. One suggestion- mention the printer earlier in the post. It took so long to get around to it that I started wondering if the link was wrong.

Thanks for taking the time to read and give me feedback!

I wrote 12 different versions to try to be shorter, but I was losing way too much information that I thought was important to understand why this method works.

Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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lipowitz wrote: post #4
laurieherault wrote: post #2

Author here. It’s my first article. I’m a bit nervous but excited to get your feedback. If you deal with procrastination too, I hope this method helps you like it helped me.

It's a very interesting solution. I've been thinking more about filling my online time sheet system in advance but I suspect its too impractical to stick to times or keep readjusting with interruptions, so maybe I will try post-its. I notice a bit of a link in behaviors between people I know who have ADHD and/or OCD. I'm not really sure what someone who "gives-in" to OCD impulses would feel as side effects, etc.. But…

Thanks for your feedback!

Yes, the system needs to have as little friction as possible, otherwise it becomes very difficult to maintain. That’s why the ticket printer is interesting.

I don’t really suffer from OCD so it’s hard to say, but it’s a very interesting question. I hope someone will be able to answer it someday.

Re: A receipt printer cured my procrastination

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whalee wrote: post #7

Cool idea! I would note there are some known health hazards in handling thermal-paper receipts(BPA/BPS)[1] with your bare hands if you do so often. I don't know much beyond this, I would look into it. [1] https://www.pca.state.mn.us/business-with-us/bpa-and-bps-in-...

Yes, very true. It's paper with bisphenol. These papers are now banned in Europe, but not in the USA.
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