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> Have you ever been in a similar situation? Yes > How did you overcome it? - I'm able to focus better when I've slept well. This may sound obvious, but real
by kirubakaran 7y ago
> Have you ever been in a similar situation?
Yes
> How did you overcome it?
- I'm able to focus better when I've slept well. This may sound obvious, but realizing this made me go from "Oh no I've damaged my focus by skimming too much!" to "Okay I just haven't slept well today. I'll do what I can."
- Set aside blocks of time and do one thing. I made and use https://crushentropy.com/ https://crushentropy.com/ for this. I use it everyday and it has helped me a lot. It's like markdown for hi-res scheduling your day.
- Once I have clarity that I have nowhere else to be and nothing else to do right now, I'm able to relax into reading what I'm reading, which at the moment is: "Relevant Search" by Doug Turnbull and John Berryman, which I'm using to improve the search in https://histre.com/ https://histre.com/ if I may blatantly plug my startup ;) (Tangent: Why is search so broken in all knowledge base apps, bookmarking tools etc?)
- Work your way up. Several years ago, I used to read for 12 hours straight, taking just bio breaks. It was a more carefree time. I'm working my way back up to it. I'm at 2 hours now. It may seem little in comparison, but that's enormous progress from where I was a couple of years ago, so yay!