Poll: how many productive hours do you have in a day? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: how many productive hours do you have in a day?

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Post by Swannie » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 6:19 AM UTC

k__ wrote: post #76

Swannie wrote: post #69

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"Anyway, not trying to armchair psych" But I will. If "can't get up to do anything at all" includes loss of appetite, inability to find enjoyment in things you usually enjoy, excessive sleep, and generally depressed mood, I'd suggest you ask your doctor about possible a possible bi-polar II diagnosis. Especially if the "productive" week also coincides with significant challenges to your ability to socialize. (I am no…

Well, I changed my life and felt better :) Now I get 3-4h work done 4-5 days a week.

Good luck getting back to work. I personally recognise the "highly productive week" followed by relative unproductive weeks. For me it's a personality thing, and understand when I consider things "done", and what is the "tidy up".

A week of heavy mental activity that completes the design is a lot of fun! Followed by a few weeks of implementation/bug fix/document is not so much fun, and explains my pattern quite well. Trying to find mentally challenging pieces within the slog, and creating challenges for tasks in the slog helps a lot in the quiet weeks.

Re: Poll: how many productive hours do you have in a day?

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Post by misterjangles » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 5:07 AM UTC

md224 wrote: post #79

misterjangles wrote: post #66

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I have similar work habit and, though I wouldn't say it was due to depression, I will become guilty and/or anxious when I'm in one of my low-productivity phases.

Not sure if you'll see my reply (17 hours is an eternity in internet discourse time) but I found your comment interesting. I've also struggled with this guilt/anxiety over low productivity (I think a lot of people do), but I can't decide whether the solution should be trying harder to be productive or letting go of that guilt. Or, to look at it another way: I can't figure out if the anxiety comes from a fundamental p…

Threads view! Yea, I think I just get anxious that I'm simply not being productive or earning my salary. Sometimes I worry that I won't get back into the zone or be able to pull off something to make up for all the downtime.

I'm trying to just handle it by not worrying as much and accepting that I just work in spurts.

Re: Poll: how many productive hours do you have in a day?

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Post by icosahedronman » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 11:35 AM UTC

scotty79 wrote: post #61

_asciiker_ wrote: post #24

I am unable to code completely immersed for more than 50 minutes at a time.

That's fine. You should take 5 min break after every hour of staring at the monitor. In my country employer is required by law to allow you those breaks.

Which country is this ?

Re: Poll: how many productive hours do you have in a day?

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Post by scotty79 » Fri, May 02, 2014, 4:42 PM UTC

icosahedronman wrote: post #83

scotty79 wrote: post #61

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That's fine. You should take 5 min break after every hour of staring at the monitor. In my country employer is required by law to allow you those breaks.

Which country is this ?

Poland.