The links for the bus method, interstitial journaling, and rubber ducking all point to the same link for interstitial journaling. Also, the later "e.g. the BUS method" link points to interstitial journaling as well.
Aim, fire, scan: the 80/20 of executing on big projects
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#12The links for the bus method, interstitial journaling, and rubber ducking all point to the same link for interstitial journaling. Also, the later "e.g. the BUS method" link points to interstitial journaling as well.
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#13These goal escrow sites, like stickK, beeminder are not my thing but glad they help people. Here are some other hacks: 1. Set your standards ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUck-umj2WI , yes it is him, but it is good.) 2. If plausible, release something shit / half done. You will feel embarrassed and want to fix it up. 3. Just get started. Do a minute. Soon you will be in work mode, and forcing yourself to no to do…
> 4. Try to do fun stuff if possible. Going to the gym is not fun, but it feels good after. But if you have a side project, make it a fun one, something you really are in to. I'm not entirely with you about gyms in particular. Weights might just not be your thing as an individual, but "going to the gym is not fun" is often about the logistical problems of timing around gyms (peak hours, January rushes especially) and…
> DDR cab
Dance Dance Revolution?
Re: Aim, fire, scan: the 80/20 of executing on big projects
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 4. Try to do fun stuff if possible. Going to the gym is not fun, but it feels good after. But if you have a side project, make it a fun one, something you really are in to. I'm not entirely with you about gyms in particular. Weights might just not be your thing as an individual, but "going to the gym is not fun" is often about the logistical problems of timing around gyms (peak hours, January rushes especially) and…
> DDR cab Dance Dance Revolution?
Yes. Cab being Cabinet, slang for an arcade setup of Dance Dance Revolution as opposed to the home version. I'm with you GP, DDR/ITG dedicabs have always been a way to get me out of a rut.
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#15I like this post and find some of it quite helpful as a framework, but certain pieces are sufficiently vague that I actually have no idea what's being said:
"As a rule with few exceptions, you want to move forward through iteration loops, not backward. (Too often, moving backward is a sign of problems with doing, not problems with planning.)"
What does that mean? a short example here would help. How do I know if reprioritizing is going backwards or a problem of doing vs. what was advised up above?
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#16These goal escrow sites, like stickK, beeminder are not my thing but glad they help people. Here are some other hacks: 1. Set your standards ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUck-umj2WI , yes it is him, but it is good.) 2. If plausible, release something shit / half done. You will feel embarrassed and want to fix it up. 3. Just get started. Do a minute. Soon you will be in work mode, and forcing yourself to no to do…
These sites are just digital versions of a Nathan For You episode.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 4. Try to do fun stuff if possible. Going to the gym is not fun, but it feels good after. But if you have a side project, make it a fun one, something you really are in to. I'm not entirely with you about gyms in particular. Weights might just not be your thing as an individual, but "going to the gym is not fun" is often about the logistical problems of timing around gyms (peak hours, January rushes especially) and…
> DDR cab Dance Dance Revolution?
Stepmania is an option along with some USB pads. Works well on Linux.
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#18These goal escrow sites, like stickK, beeminder are not my thing but glad they help people. Here are some other hacks: 1. Set your standards ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUck-umj2WI , yes it is him, but it is good.) 2. If plausible, release something shit / half done. You will feel embarrassed and want to fix it up. 3. Just get started. Do a minute. Soon you will be in work mode, and forcing yourself to no to do…
> 4. Try to do fun stuff if possible. Going to the gym is not fun, but it feels good after. But if you have a side project, make it a fun one, something you really are in to. I'm not entirely with you about gyms in particular. Weights might just not be your thing as an individual, but "going to the gym is not fun" is often about the logistical problems of timing around gyms (peak hours, January rushes especially) and…
It depends. Sometimes it feels like a pain (which coincides with fewer reps to fatigue etc.). Sometimes I get a buzz. Body isn’t in the same “mood” every time. And I space out sessions.
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#19Always great to see indie hackers content.
Since Channing mentions interstitial journaling, I want to share my interstitial journaling app called Interstitch at https://Interstitch.app
I shared it here on HN and PH and got 2 upvotes and zero people checking it out. But I realized half the problem is most people don’t know what interstitial journaling is. Many people understandly confuse it for a journaling app. But it’s closer to a time tracking app but more for individual performance than invoicing. But I assumed I was the only person who finds this useful, which was ok since I’ve been using it to set “deep work” daily goals and summarize how I spent my week so at least I use it.
Then the CEO of Medium somehow sees the HN post and emails me that he coined the term, but I probably heard it from Ness Labs founder that Channing links to. So then I email her and she adds me to her newsletter which has like 100k subscribers and about 100 people are now using it which is cool. Good lesson in reaching the right audience.
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#20Wow, this is… this is amazing. I thought my system was genius only I could derive, but here you’ve got a ton of it written down, plus a whole bunch of other ideas that sound great - I love “ABZs” in particular, and the “three Me’s” is great. On that note, read some Extended Mind philosophy if you haven’t, originally from Chalmers I believe Out of curiosity, do you think this is self-treatment for attention deficienci…
It’s the Markov decision process