Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible
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#2Serious question: Is anything less productive than reading other people's productivity thoughts? It's a combination of procrastination and finding out what works for someone who is presumably more productive than you (ie: guilt).
Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible
#3Serious question: Is anything less productive than reading other people's productivity thoughts? It's a combination of procrastination and finding out what works for someone who is presumably more productive than you (ie: guilt).
I was procrastinating and read about the Pomedoro technique and it worked pretty well for me. Sometimes you need a trick I guess.
Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible
#4Serious question: Is anything less productive than reading other people's productivity thoughts? It's a combination of procrastination and finding out what works for someone who is presumably more productive than you (ie: guilt).
I was procrastinating and read about the Pomedoro technique and it worked pretty well for me. Sometimes you need a trick I guess.
Pomodoro worked great for me until I just stopped wanting to do my job.
Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible
#5Serious question: Is anything less productive than reading other people's productivity thoughts? It's a combination of procrastination and finding out what works for someone who is presumably more productive than you (ie: guilt).
One less productive thing I can think about is reading a comment about how unproductive reading thoughts about productivity is :)
Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was procrastinating and read about the Pomedoro technique and it worked pretty well for me. Sometimes you need a trick I guess.
Pomodoro worked great for me until I just stopped wanting to do my job.
But really who doesn't want to be super productive as we work ourselves to extinction.
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#7Whenever I read one of these posts I'm always very curious about the age of the writer. I find my thoughts on this topic has changed a lot from mid twenties to mid thirties.
Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible
#8This is actually a pretty good list. Obviously it's personal and specific to him but it gives food for thought.
With that said I've read a million posts like this and the only thing that's ever made me feel like I had genuinely changed my perspective and understood what was happening more clearly was reading the Getting Things Done book.
The key insight for me is that so much of procrastination results from a lack of clarity about what exactly should be done next, and keeping a mental load of trying to keep track of everything. Separating the three basic concepts of planning, making decisions, and actually doing the work, into discrete sessions, has been a life changer.
I still fuck off constantly and hate myself for procrastination from time to time, obviously, but using the core GTD framework and returning to it when I stray has really helped.
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#9Whenever I read one of these posts I'm always very curious about the age of the writer. I find my thoughts on this topic has changed a lot from mid twenties to mid thirties.
Esp. when reading the part about 15 working hours per day.
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#10I would definitely recommend against having an hour’s commute to work. It is a really strong predictor for life dissatisfaction. Fifteen minutes is the number I heard to be a good balance.