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Distractions. The internet[1] being the major one, occasionally video games or books. Somewhat unpleasantly I seem wired to seek new distractions whenever I don't have one currently occupying my mind. I've been thinking of forcing myself to spend half an hour each day without stimulus, just thinking and writing on a paper notepad to get around this. [1] I find posting on the internet much more distracting than surfin…
Distractions. The internet[1] being the major one, occasionally video games or books. Somewhat unpleasantly I seem wired to seek new distractions whenever I don't have one currently occupying my mind. I've been thinking of forcing myself to spend half an hour each day without stimulus, just thinking and writing on a paper notepad to get around this. [1] I find posting on the internet much more distracting than surfin…
This is why I like to walk to work. It's not possible for everyone; I understand. If you can do it, and don't bring along any devices, you have forced yourself into thinking time. This is usually when I have my best ideas.
i find i do my best thinking in the shower. nice hot water and no distractions.
Beer kills my creativity. I'm about to turn 30 so I need to cut back but now I'm in limbo at my job. So I get the "why not?" drink and from there it cascades until I'm 12 in and can't see straight. Feels bad, man.
going to school.
I'm more held up by the other people at school than the school or profs themselves (though sometimes you just want to slap your prof silly, ya know?). Math class is one right now that is so bittersweet for this reason. I'm just foraying into multiple variables (calculus 2) and I'm so deeply fascinated by mathematics. I've never studied something that has such far-reaching and unexpected side effects for my consciousn…
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Taking a break and having fun isn't a "loser thing to do", it's good for you.
It's my experience that the less work people do, the more serious they are about taking their breaks. I would need to plow a field with my bare hands before I can justify a weekend of mindless gaming. Let's face it, countless people, often at the prime of their age, devote substantial amount of their time moving simple geometric objects around a screen. Their entire being under the control of a switch statement. Inst…
Don't criticize others for spending their free time differently from you. The same arguements you posed for HN work just as well for video games.
GAMING.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Taking a break and having fun isn't a "loser thing to do", it's good for you.
It's my experience that the less work people do, the more serious they are about taking their breaks. I would need to plow a field with my bare hands before I can justify a weekend of mindless gaming. Let's face it, countless people, often at the prime of their age, devote substantial amount of their time moving simple geometric objects around a screen. Their entire being under the control of a switch statement. Inst…
We live in a world of scarce resources. You need to create at least as much value for others as you consume, but beyond that point you can choose to do whatever you want that doesn't infringe on the law or other people (well, you only need to worry about the law, but ethically you should think of others too). Some people just don't care about the things you value. Why is that such a problem for you?
To answer the question: Probably beliefs that act as rules. It's written somewhere in a PG essay that it's best to not know what is "impossible." To generalize, if I believe that Google owns search and it's not possible to enter that market, then I'll subconsciously prune any ideas stemming from "search".