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Not sure what HNs opinion of this will be.... I used to have similar issues. It was mostly down to procrastination and overwork/stress. Weekends were really b

by 464192002d7fe1c 10y ago

Not sure what HNs opinion of this will be.... I used to have similar issues. It was mostly down to procrastination and overwork/stress. Weekends were really bad since I was so busy/stressed from the week that I would get into an attitude of "i'll start doing it in an hour" and eventually it was so late that it was too late to get any work done. I had a lot to do, just very little impetus to do it now. Fixed it by starting to smoke pot. Not even kidding. I set a timeline for my weekends for when I was working and when I was done. When I work, I work. When I'm done, I go smoke. Basically every weekend for a few months. I've probably tripled, if not more, my weekend productivity by giving myself a defined period of work and a defined period of relaxation and a reward for getting there.

nasmorn 10y ago
What you do is called unscheduling. It is a method of time boxing where you define your me time as the highest priority thus creating a sense of urgency and reward for your work time. You could as well decide to go for a run at a certain time instead of smoking pot. Pot is just easier because you will shut down automatically thus releaving you of the duty to care for your mental hygiene through other means.
nasmorn 10y ago
What you do is called unscheduling. It is a method of time boxing where you define your me time as the highest priority thus creating a sense of urgency and reward for your work time. You could as well decide to go for a run at a certain time instead of smoking pot. Pot is just easier because you will shut down automatically thus releaving you of the duty to care for your mental hygiene through other means.
axonic 10y ago
I wholeheartedly agree with setting goals for personal time, scheduling downtime and time with family, and pot. I caution however, as a non-24/running clock disorder/non diurnal individual who worked at night a lot in military and medicine, make sure you're strict with yourself about time and perhaps sey up a digital or analog reminder, a mental trigger to remind you of the currently active task. Plasma Workspaces are one way I stay on track and schedule driven RGB ambient lights which indicate my work mode so if I space out on engineering more disease resistant rice or using phages to kill Zika, I get an unmistakable reminder of what I -should- be doing, and also when to take breaks. Yarn on your finger, persistent Android notifications or whatever would also work.

nasmorn 10y ago

What you do is called unscheduling. It is a method of time boxing where you define your me time as the highest priority thus creating a sense of urgency and reward for your work time. You could as well decide to go for a run at a certain time instead of smoking pot. Pot is just easier because you will shut down automatically thus releaving you of the duty to care for your mental hygiene through other means.

nasmorn 10y ago

axonic 10y ago

I wholeheartedly agree with setting goals for personal time, scheduling downtime and time with family, and pot. I caution however, as a non-24/running clock disorder/non diurnal individual who worked at night a lot in military and medicine, make sure you're strict with yourself about time and perhaps sey up a digital or analog reminder, a mental trigger to remind you of the currently active task. Plasma Workspaces are one way I stay on track and schedule driven RGB ambient lights which indicate my work mode so if I space out on engineering more disease resistant rice or using phages to kill Zika, I get an unmistakable reminder of what I -should- be doing, and also when to take breaks. Yarn on your finger, persistent Android notifications or whatever would also work.