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Serious question: Is anything less productive than reading other people's productivity thoughts? It's a combination of procrastination and finding out what work
by thomas 7y ago
Serious question: Is anything less productive than reading other people's productivity thoughts? It's a combination of procrastination and finding out what works for someone who is presumably more productive than you (ie: guilt).
- vadansky 7y agoI was procrastinating and read about the Pomedoro technique and it worked pretty well for me. Sometimes you need a trick I guess.
- hackerbabz 7y agoPomodoro worked great for me until I just stopped wanting to do my job.
- sambull 7y agoBut really who doesn't want to be super productive as we work ourselves to extinction.
- vadansky 7y agoSame, but it's good as a stop gap until I clear up enough stuff to be comfortable to take at least 3 weeks off.
- wastedhours 7y agoThe same, Pomodoro works well for me when I'm already motivated. It helps focus and is a decent multiplier when I have a baseline already. When motivation is at a low, the 25/5 flips around.
- pleasecalllater 7y agoOne less productive thing I can think about is reading a comment about how unproductive reading thoughts about productivity is :)
- thomas 7y agoFor the commenter, but think about the time saving for the readers of the comment!
- OedipusRex 7y agoIt's turtles all the way down.
- savolai 7y agoOr in this case, tomatoes. (My first hn joke. Not sure if jokes are allowed but sure was worth it.)
- Ensorceled 7y agoIn the article you just read, the author writes an entire section: "2. Every productivity system stops working eventually and there’s nothing you can do about it" If you're like me and have ADHD, you read looking for your next system that will work for a while.
- antisthenes 7y agoAnd if you're a night owl, you inevitably learn how to sleep right through your alarms.
- adamsea 7y agoCommenting on them ;)
- marmada 7y agoI think it can actually be very productive if you engage with the article and take notes. Example: I read the following article over the course of 2 days. While I was reading it, I had VSCode open and was taking notes in Markdown. While this article only mildly changed how I acted, it definitely planted a few seeds in my head, which I am trying to cultivate. And now I have a source of notes on productivity I can look at any time! https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/P3zrurj5hHKFKDL3M/productivity-working-towards-a-summary-of-what-we-know https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/P3zrurj5hHKFKDL3M/productivi...
- rgoulter 7y agoNot everyone who comes across this post will be spending more time reading about productivity than being productive. The term I've heard for that is 'productivity porn'. (as in, getting the satisfaction from observing productivity, without actually putting in the effort yourself).
- egypturnash 7y agoYou never know when you’re going to find the next trick that will actually work to fool your brain into letting you get shit done for a while. These days I mostly rely on my own version of the Pomodoro method but I have definitely found value in other ideas now and then.