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> Sit down and do some fucking work. Don’t go for a coffee, that’s not work and you know that’s not work, no you’re not ‘working from the cafe’ stop lying to yo

> Sit down and do some fucking work. Don’t go for a coffee, that’s not work and you know that’s not work, no you’re not ‘working from the cafe’ stop lying to yourself. Get up, get on and do some fucking work. I can relate so much to the coffee trap. Just went back from grabbing coffe. Just another to delay working.

rydl 10y ago
Yes, coffee and reading hn and the like. You could also say "don't procrastinate". Sure, I'll start doing this right after I read this one last post ;)
- hartator 10y ago
  Same here! Will go back to work just after replying to you! :)
  - imglorp 10y ago
    echo 127.0.0.1 news.ycombinator.com >> /etc/hosts
    - selimthegrim 10y ago
      The noprocrast setting also works well. Too well.
    - Nition 10y ago
      Works nicely in the Windows hosts file too.
- ninjakeyboard 10y ago
  Damnit you reminded me I should be working.
swalsh 10y ago
I have to disagree, I've started working from the quiet coffee shop near my house every once in a while. After a while I just need to get out of the house. I guess if I did it all the time, it probably wouldn't work. But sometimes I start to feel catastrophic in my home office. finding a table to work by myself has been a decent productivity booster.
DamnInteresting 10y ago
It really depends on the kind of work. I'm a programmer by day and a writer by evening. For coding, the coffee shop is useless. For writing, it's priceless. I think getting up and ambulating to new scenery helps to stimulate the creative mind, and the coffee shop is a good destination (stimulants, horizontal surfaces, electrical outlets, climate control, etc).
prmph 10y ago
I have to strongly disagree with this. Right now I simply can't work in ANY other environment: home office, company office, library, etc. Not that I have not tried. Co-working spaces are the closest second choice, but I suspect they need to become more like subscription-based cafes before they can work for me. I think there is research showing that there are a confluence of factors that make working out of a café so productive for many. It seems some have not actually tried it or are simply not wired to like it. To each their own.

rydl 10y ago

Yes, coffee and reading hn and the like. You could also say "don't procrastinate". Sure, I'll start doing this right after I read this one last post ;)

hartator 10y ago
Same here! Will go back to work just after replying to you! :)
- imglorp 10y ago
  echo 127.0.0.1 news.ycombinator.com >> /etc/hosts
  - selimthegrim 10y ago
    The noprocrast setting also works well. Too well.
  - Nition 10y ago
    Works nicely in the Windows hosts file too.
ninjakeyboard 10y ago
Damnit you reminded me I should be working.

swalsh 10y ago

I have to disagree, I've started working from the quiet coffee shop near my house every once in a while. After a while I just need to get out of the house. I guess if I did it all the time, it probably wouldn't work. But sometimes I start to feel catastrophic in my home office. finding a table to work by myself has been a decent productivity booster.

DamnInteresting 10y ago

It really depends on the kind of work. I'm a programmer by day and a writer by evening. For coding, the coffee shop is useless. For writing, it's priceless. I think getting up and ambulating to new scenery helps to stimulate the creative mind, and the coffee shop is a good destination (stimulants, horizontal surfaces, electrical outlets, climate control, etc).

prmph 10y ago

I have to strongly disagree with this. Right now I simply can't work in ANY other environment: home office, company office, library, etc. Not that I have not tried. Co-working spaces are the closest second choice, but I suspect they need to become more like subscription-based cafes before they can work for me. I think there is research showing that there are a confluence of factors that make working out of a café so productive for many. It seems some have not actually tried it or are simply not wired to like it. To each their own.