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How I regained concentration and focus

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Re: How I regained concentration and focus

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Post by hvs »

barking_biscuit wrote: post #20
hvs wrote: post #10

As someone with serious concentration issues (unless I'm hyperfocused, I may have undiagnosed ADHD) I found the biggest help for me was cutting out caffeine.

hmm... caffeine actually helps for ADHD as it's a stimulant. I can only take my meds on weekdays and I've pretty much had life long addiction to either coke, pepsi or red-bull. When I started taking effective medication I basically stopped drinking caffeinated drinks. Just don't need it. I can't take my meds on the weekends, and virtually always I go get something with caffeine in it to help.

As I said, I may have ADHD as I have a lot of the classic symptoms, but I have a daughter with diagnosed ADHD and I do not have nearly as significant symptoms as she does. All I know is cutting caffeine improved my general concentration and significantly decreased my anxiety as a bonus.

Re: How I regained concentration and focus

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Post by giantg2 »

TameAntelope wrote: post #32
giantg2 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What money? There's no way to get a raise at my company without a promotion and they won't promote me. I have no motivation to work hard if it won't be rewarded. I do the minimum to get paid my shitty salary.

Who said anything about your current company?

I don't have the skills to switch to a different company, tech jobs are limited in my area, I don't perform well remotely, and my wife won't consider relocating. My current shitty job is the best job I can get.

Re: How I regained concentration and focus

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Post by nunodonato »

nonrandomstring wrote: post #37

Switching to text only [1] browsing changed my relationship to information and vastly improved my focus while using computers. I highly recommend it. [1] Text mostly (90+%). Those few occasions I want to see images as part of a web page it's possible to turn that on.

do you use any particular browser or extension? or do you mean stuff like gopher/gemini?

Re: How I regained concentration and focus

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Post by giantg2 »

VyseofArcadia wrote: post #29
tenebrisalietum wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Work for money.

My experience is that the more politics and BS and organization has, the more you can coast. Individual performance can get lost in the noise. Even in orgs that have their stuff together, I see a preference for internal transfer over termination. I think it's some sort of HR sunk cost fallacy.

My experience is that the politics and BS lead to BS ratings that go against the written policies because there are contradictory backroom policies.

In this market, we can't seem to hire anyone (we aren't competitive on salary). So I guess it makes sense that they want to keep the low performers since they wouldn't be able to backfill. This still sucks since there's a lot of stress dealing with poor ratings and not know if you will get fired. And then even if you do work hard and perform well, there'd no guarantee that will increase your rating or comp.

Re: How I regained concentration and focus

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Post by bumby »

tenebrisalietum wrote: post #14
giantg2 wrote: post #9

My distraction is from all the family stuff I have to deal with. My lack of concentration is because I lack motivation - I don't see any reason to try hard at work since it's all politics and BS.

Work for money.

While I think it's healthy to not tie your identity and well-being to your job, I think it might be a bad habit to view everything through the lens of a financial transaction.

We've all probably worked with people who will only lift a finger if it benefits them. Create an organization of people with this mindset and much of the necessary but un-glorious work never gets done. I suppose you could say people can play the long game and do that stuff in hopes of getting noticed, but if it doesn't and you have a transactional mindset, it's a recipe to be miserable. (We've probably all worked with those people too - the ones who feel slighted because they believe they've done all the hard work without getting rewarded).

Re: How I regained concentration and focus

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Post by dxdm »

pristineshatter wrote: post #27
endisneigh wrote: post #22

Ironically this page is a great example of why it’s hard to focus. Unnecessary images, stylization and colors. Unnecessary links to other distracting websites. Flashy flash.

Let the man create the blog he wants to create.

Maybe there's a lesson for him in that comment.

Re: How I regained concentration and focus

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Post by bumby »

giantg2 wrote: post #43
TameAntelope wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who said anything about your current company?

I don't have the skills to switch to a different company, tech jobs are limited in my area, I don't perform well remotely, and my wife won't consider relocating. My current shitty job is the best job I can get.

It's okay to say tech jobs aren't the right fit as well.
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