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This article reminds me that in working days, I thought I barely had any time to "think for myself" Wake up, shower, grab coffee and commute (mostly looking at
by EZ-E 9y ago
This article reminds me that in working days, I thought I barely had any time to "think for myself"
Wake up, shower, grab coffee and commute (mostly looking at my phone)
Work as a developer (looking at the computer, some occasional short discussions with colleagues)
Eat at desk (looking at computer or phone)
Commute back (looking at phone)
Back home, maybe watch TV series or play a game (screen again)
It got me thinking that my mind was focused on a screen for 80%+ of the day. No time to be "idle" and to let my mind wander. Screens, notifications, alerts and apps designed to suck out as much attention and screen time out of me dominate the day.
Since then, I thought of changing my field of work and do something more manual, or that requires me to interact with people. I also picked up playing instruments and "real" life hobbies since then in an attempt to get away from the screens.
- zby 9y agoWhen I was still working as a programmer I noticed that many, maybe most, breakthroughs in my work I made at breaks - at lunches, tea breaks, waking to meetings, etc. I was stuck and not making any progress trying to work through the problem - and then when my mind shifted the solution was coming to my mind from a completely different perspective than what I was trying. It is counterproductive to get glued to the screen the whole day - it might work when you solve easy problems, but in programming you all the time need to solve problems never encountered before.