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Fixing that may take a long time, but it will probably fix your whole life, so it's worth it to just focus on this instead on software or work. Dedicate to work
by jng 11y ago
Fixing that may take a long time, but it will probably fix your whole life, so it's worth it to just focus on this instead on software or work. Dedicate to work only the minimum necessary time for survival.
There are probably a number of causes, but coffee may be one of them. Don't be radical, but if you're having too much coffee, I'd suggest cutting down to just one coffee in the morning. It will take a bit of effort but may help you concentrate.
Then I suggest you try to focus on finishing things as the main goal. You have to get rid of the addiction to the rush of novelty, but you can get addicted to the rush of publishing, with obviously positive results. In order to do this, lower the bar enormously. Take only TINY projects: writing a short article or even a tweet. Writing a tiny piece of software that does something. Cleaning up one corner of your disk. It is key that you accept average or even poor quality, that shouldn't be a consideration. And it is very, very helpful that you publish the result: post the essay on Twitter, Facebook, or a blog. Upload the code to github and share it. Obviously, cleaning up your disk drive isn't so amenable to be published, so maybe you want to write a line in an "achieved.txt" file.
Make sure we are talking really small projects here, and that we are not expecting anything from them but completing them. They will be small and mediocre. No problem at all! You can't solve everything at the same time. Make things small enough that their scope fall under your current reach, which you said is tiny - so make tiny thing! Err on the side of caution. You want to make sure you complete them. Half-an-hour projects are perfectly fine here!!
Do this for a week and recap.
- badpenny 11y agoThere are probably a number of causes, but coffee may be one of them. Don't be radical, but if you're having too much coffee, I'd suggest cutting down to just one coffee in the morning. It will take a bit of effort but may help you concentrate. I'd suggest gradually cutting down to none. Apparently the alertness and general cognitive enhancing properties of caffeine don't really exist and all that people are noticing is the effect of the caffeine on their caffeine withdrawal symptoms.
- jayarcanum 11y agoThis
- randallsquared 11y agoGiven the way that first cup of coffee in months can affect a person, you seem to be suggesting that caffeine withdrawal is a permanent condition. ;)
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- lomnakkus 11y agoOPs point is that your brain adapts to the level of caffeine you're ingesting. So if you're used to drinking coffee then you're basically at the same level of alertness/functioning that you were before you first started drinking coffee (i.e. before it became habitual). The effect you notice from the first cup of coffee in the morning is really just the coffee counteracting the withdrawal you feel after ~6-8hrs of no caffeine.
- Fishman343 11y agoThis is clearly unsubstantiated - the benefits of coffee are very clearly outlined. Maybe some people who drinks too much are experiencing the withdrawal, but if you do not over-do it, there is a 90% chance of feeling more alert when you drink coffee.
- badpenny 11y agoThis is clearly unsubstantiated - the benefits of coffee are very clearly outlined. No they aren't. http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/156/9/842.short http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/156/9/842.short http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20182035 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20182035 These are just two of the first studies I found. There are plenty of others. if you do not over-do it, there is a 90% chance of feeling more alert when you drink coffee. 90% of statistics are made up on the spot. If you're going to acuse me of making shit up on the spot maybe you shouldn't do it yourself? Feeling is the operative word in your statement.
- DanBC 11y ago> the benefits of coffee are very clearly outlined No, what we know about benefits of caffeine is quite weak. http://www.evidentlycochrane.net/caffeine-and-health-evidence-from-cochrane/ http://www.evidentlycochrane.net/caffeine-and-health-evidenc...
- atemerev 11y agoLooks like a great advice, thank you.