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I'm naturally scatterbrained I swear. I'll be reading HN about half the time I'm working. I'm not sure why I need to switch between it and my other tasks at wor
by norea-armozel 10y ago
I'm naturally scatterbrained I swear. I'll be reading HN about half the time I'm working. I'm not sure why I need to switch between it and my other tasks at work. It's just something I do I guess. I can focus when I have to but honestly nothing keeps me focused for long unless I'm really interested in it. Like I can read the Wikipedia for hours on history of the Reconquista but God help me I can't focus on a boring lecture of the same subject.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoSame here. I can sometimes will myself into focus, but most of the time it either comes naturally or it doesn't.
- pc86 10y agoI find that when I force myself to focus for long periods of time, I'm exhausted at the end of the day (I never make it a whole day). I too need to bounce between code and email and HN constantly.
- Declanomous 10y agoThat comment fully captures my entire method of working. I have been diagnosed with ADHD though. I resisted the diagnosis for a really long time, because I'm very high achieving, but knowing really helps manage it in the long run. Honestly, software development is a really natural field for someone with ADHD. I half joke the reason why I learned how to program is because I hate repetitive tasks, but I think my inability to concentrate on tedious work really was impetus to learn how to program. My friends in college, all of whom focus fully on one task at a time, used to joke that it was impossible to catch me working, cause I was always doing something else at the same time.
- lfowles 10y agoBefore I realized it was ADHD, I always joked that "I needed to slow down a bit so my brain won't catch on fire" .. 30 minutes browsing the internet to 5 minutes of studying/homework.
- Declanomous 10y ago"Use the pomodoro technique." No problem... crap I've been reading Wikipedia for two hours.