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Post by jirinovotny » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 8:37 AM UTC

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Post by Piskvorrr » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 8:49 AM UTC

A Pensieve for the rest of us? Sounds useful, will try this out (albeit not with the promoted app - I don't do Windows, sorry).

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Post by kbronson » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 10:12 AM UTC

This moron doesn't know a word about how serious a disease insomnia is. Meh. Downvoted.

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Post by fab1an » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 10:19 AM UTC

This is very useful. You can combine this with another good practice by writing down the first task that you're going to tackle in the morning once you've woken up - e. g. that painful email you've been postponing for the last couple of weeks. This carries the additional benefit of having a clear cut productive start in the day.

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Post by Sambdala » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 10:21 AM UTC

This doesn't necessarily work for me. I will start going down the rabbit hole of fleshing out ideas and going down corridors of thought, and I'll soon have filled up four or five pages of a legal pad only to have amplified the circus in my head to a deafening level.

I find a glass of scotch and putting on an old TV episode that I've seen 100 times before to personally be the best cure for insomnia.

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Post by praptak » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 10:25 AM UTC

Caveat: failing to read the notes on the next day makes this stop working. Your mind will only rest if it trusts you to read the notes soon.

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Post by dsirijus » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 10:28 AM UTC

Here's another advice - do honest day's labour and have a slow beer after it. Do not get drunk unless you've killed a deadline that today.

Works like a charm for me.

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Post by mhd » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 10:30 AM UTC

Assuming that all that's keeping you thinking is that concrete and thus being able to be written down, and that nothing new comes up while you're settling in. I seriously doubt that writing down sth. like "Does the little red-haired girl like me? Probably not." terminate all distracting thought.

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Post by k-mcgrady » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 10:37 AM UTC

Sambdala wrote: post #5

This doesn't necessarily work for me. I will start going down the rabbit hole of fleshing out ideas and going down corridors of thought, and I'll soon have filled up four or five pages of a legal pad only to have amplified the circus in my head to a deafening level. I find a glass of scotch and putting on an old TV episode that I've seen 100 times before to personally be the best cure for insomnia.

I have the same problem. Once I write down what I have to do I start thinking about the best way to do it and all the possible scenarios it could lead to.

I've found that having a regular sleep time has helped me the most. I get up between 7am and 9am everyday and go to bed between 11pm and 12am. If I keep to this schedule I find myself naturally getting tired around 11pm everyday. If I don't keep this schedule (which happens often before I rediscover it's benefits) I find I suffer from bad insomnia and often lie awake all night even when I feel extremely tired.

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Post by jrajav » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 10:48 AM UTC

I don't mean to be cynical, but it seems like someone else has just "discovered" the motivation for GTD. After all, that's the entire point of the system; Loading everything you need to remember into a trusted system so that your mind can remain clear, focused, and relaxed.