How I regained concentration and focus

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Post by aiobe » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 11:22 AM UTC

How I regained concentration and focus
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Re: How I regained concentration and focus

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Post by zorg42 » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 11:42 AM UTC

thanx - pragmatic collection of suggestions

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Post by ph1p » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 11:49 AM UTC

the "zero news diet" should really be done more often. For myself, it would be "zero Twitter diet".

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Post by khaledh » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 1:32 PM UTC

For me, the zero news diet would be really hard to apply to HN. Any suggestions (in addition to noprocrast)?

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Post by cocoflunchy » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 1:37 PM UTC

ph1p wrote: post #3

the "zero news diet" should really be done more often. For myself, it would be "zero Twitter diet".

I managed to completely stop using Twitter by removing all my follows. Then when I'd mindlessly open twitter I'd be presented with a blank screen. After a few days I just stopped opening it.

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Post by Scarblac » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 1:45 PM UTC

I see that Rolf Dobelli has a book on avoiding news now. But he made his point crystal clear in an article he wrote in 2010 already, and put as a freely downloadable PDF on his website. I can't find it there now, but here's a link to that PDF on some other site: https://www.gwern.net/docs/culture/2010-dobelli.pdf

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Post by pella » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 1:48 PM UTC

khaledh wrote: post #4

For me, the zero news diet would be really hard to apply to HN. Any suggestions (in addition to noprocrast)?

try check only 1x weekly AND only the "top 10%"

go https://hckrnews.com/ -> set "top 10%"

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Post by throw93232 » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 1:49 PM UTC

》CNN, WSJ, and BBC

That is a news equivalent of junk food. Clickbait partisan outrage generator.

I would suggest some independent podcast with daily or weekly summaries. Much higher information density.

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Post by giantg2 » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 1:52 PM UTC

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.

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Post by hvs » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 1:54 PM UTC

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.