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1) Even very minor changes, like leaving electronics in a different room, help. 2) The best website blocker for me isn't one that that blocks me from Facebook/
by asdfman123 6y ago
1) Even very minor changes, like leaving electronics in a different room, help.
2) The best website blocker for me isn't one that that blocks me from Facebook/reddit/etc for a week -- I just start to rebel against it and eventually uninstall. The one I use is called "Focus" and blocks me out for 20 minutes. Enough to get work done, but also not enough for me to start resenting it.
3) I figured out that I could actually read books again if I biked to the park without my cell phone and read in a hammock. To get internet again, I have to bike all the way home and I'm too lazy for that. It worked great until it reached 1000 degrees in Texas -- maybe you're in cooler climes.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoI used to bike to the library after work, about 4 km each way. It started out as a form of exercise (the library happened to be along the bike path), but eventually I was going almost every night just so I could pick a magazine from the library's large selection and read for 30 minutes or an hour. I still had my phone, but because I set out to go to the library, and the form of transport was so focused and meditative, when I got there I was able to just read without being distracted, something which was very difficult at home.
- asdfman123 6y agoI don't know if you have ADHD, but I do. (Maybe you have it and it's undiagnosed.) I've found that rather than worrying about my own motivation or lack thereof, it's better to focus on sleep, exercise and diet. Get those things and "motivation" will come. If I'm not motivated, I try to improve those factors. I guess I'm saying that because it sounds like exercise is important to you as well.