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They were important enough that I couldn't close them without skimming. But for some reason, sitting at my home desk, I just couldn't skim them.
Then I started going through them while laying in bed trying to get to sleep. Cleaned them out in 3 nights.
Not sure if this is the same thing the author is talking about, but it's something.
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On rare occasions, I'm left with both wife and kids out of the house for a few days. Just about every time I lose the first (non-work) day entirely to video games. Then the next day I'm just... done with games for a good long while, and start doing productive things because I want to . It's like I have a fucking-around-uselessly tank that's never full (near-empty, in fact) usually, so most of my free time goes to wor…
Try fixing up a project house. It's amazing how quickly once beautiful properties can get run down without maintenance. And the hundreds of hours you can lose trying to undo the damage.
I had an unusual experience this weekend while I was sick. After laying around for 2 days with brain fog, I woke up early Sunday morning and watched TV, checked social media, etc, but was sick of consuming information and had the strangest feeling that I wanted to work on something productive but my body aches wouldn't let me concentrate. I also felt like.. playing video games? I haven't had the urge to play video ga…
So, like the day of rest, like Sabbath?
I think the most important advice in this article is "Be aware of your current mental state". This goes a long way with not just being productive but being aware of how to address any emotional state. The easiest way I've been able to do this is just to journal every-time I find myself going distracted.
I had an unusual experience this weekend while I was sick. After laying around for 2 days with brain fog, I woke up early Sunday morning and watched TV, checked social media, etc, but was sick of consuming information and had the strangest feeling that I wanted to work on something productive but my body aches wouldn't let me concentrate. I also felt like.. playing video games? I haven't had the urge to play video ga…
> I wonder if getting life goals done could be as simple as carving out large blocks of time where you aren't allowed to work on them. I don't mean filling the time with something else like work or other obligations. But literal you-time, with a rule that you can't exert yourself in any way or you'll risk relapsing into nonprogress. This is more like transmuting one form of attentive energy (negative) into another (p…
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> I wonder if getting life goals done could be as simple as carving out large blocks of time where you aren't allowed to work on them. I don't mean filling the time with something else like work or other obligations. But literal you-time, with a rule that you can't exert yourself in any way or you'll risk relapsing into nonprogress. This is more like transmuting one form of attentive energy (negative) into another (p…
Not every group just does nothing on the sabbath. Orthodox Jews traditionally spend the day studying (and arguing) Torah. (But I'm not really sure - can you opt out of the Torah-wrangling and just take a walk on the beach?)
What I am suggesting is that the need to be "bored" has historical background. What the author discovered appears to have been discovered and confirmed centuries ago.
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Not every group just does nothing on the sabbath. Orthodox Jews traditionally spend the day studying (and arguing) Torah. (But I'm not really sure - can you opt out of the Torah-wrangling and just take a walk on the beach?)
True; I referenced Sabbath since it is most heard of rest day. What I am suggesting is that the need to be "bored" has historical background. What the author discovered appears to have been discovered and confirmed centuries ago.
I think the most important advice in this article is "Be aware of your current mental state". This goes a long way with not just being productive but being aware of how to address any emotional state. The easiest way I've been able to do this is just to journal every-time I find myself going distracted.
I'd go one step further and say that the article's value is also in pointing out that being aware takes practice, you can't just flip a switch and decide to start being aware of your current mental state. You need to pay attention many times to start to connect the dots and be able to recognize the state you're in and the best way to respond.
I had an unusual experience this weekend while I was sick. After laying around for 2 days with brain fog, I woke up early Sunday morning and watched TV, checked social media, etc, but was sick of consuming information and had the strangest feeling that I wanted to work on something productive but my body aches wouldn't let me concentrate. I also felt like.. playing video games? I haven't had the urge to play video ga…