Sitting in front of the computer sometimes isn't the most productive use of time. All the greatest ideas have come from people who were thinking while on the sh

Sitting in front of the computer sometimes isn't the most productive use of time. All the greatest ideas have come from people who were thinking while on the shitter. You can't avoid thinking about the problem whether you're working on it or not. Forcing yourself to work obviously by definition means you don't want to think about the problem while you ADHD tab switch between hacker news reddit, digg,IM and your email anyway. If at any point working entails anxiety it's not being managed correctly. The sitting in front of the computer part is reserved for when you know how you're going to implement/structure the problem. Starting at it while what's next seems fuzzy only leads to distractions. Also if you 'try an experiment for a month' hoping to your hypothesis is correct, you're easily setting yourself up for a logical fallacy.