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What do you do after you get bored? My Achilles heel has always been too much internet and distractions, and actively removing those has helped increase concent
by derrick_jensen 7y ago
What do you do after you get bored? My Achilles heel has always been too much internet and distractions, and actively removing those has helped increase concentration.
Not specifically related, but I personally find that having too many options for what to do generally makes me hop between things too much. I have a theme for every day of the week, and I don't allow myself to work on anything under a theme for another day. MWF are three courses respectively, TH is backend for a side project, weekend is frontend for a side project.
- toop43 7y ago> What do you do after you get bored? Anything else. I'm not sure it matters. The boredom is the problem, not having options. You could lock me in a room with nothing to do but read a book about thermodynamics, or study algorithms, and as soon as my interest starts to fade... my progress slows DRAMATICALLY. What am I doing in this locked room, other than reading?? I don't know, probably just staring at the wall thinking about something else. Then realizing I'm wasting time. Start reading again... Lose track, get bored.... Stare at the wall and think about something else... Realize I'm distracted, start reading again... rinse, repeat. Will get through an entire chapter, and barely remember what I actually read.
- mindcrime 7y agoHave you tried the Pomodoro technique[1] by any chance? If not, it might be worth a shot. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique