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I love WFH but I found myself having serious productivity issues because I'm an ADHD guy and I'm having procrastination issues, and WFH makes it even more serio
by namelosw 6y ago
I love WFH but I found myself having serious productivity issues because I'm an ADHD guy and I'm having procrastination issues, and WFH makes it even more serious.
At first, I was struggling because I always wanted to open YouTube or just stay there and thinking about random things and basically doing nothing for hours. Eventually I have to secretly compensate with my own time regretfully.
Then I found when every time I compensate the work at night I'm pretty productive because I'm under enough pressure to keep me focus and not overthinking things. At that moment, I realized I can swap the time slots to maximize everything.
Now I usually try to start working in the morning, as long as I'm productive, and setup a timer to keep tracking on how long did I work. When I found myself stop being productive and my mind is wandering, I would pause the timer and just relax - do what ever I want, just not struggling anymore. When I feel I'm ready to work, I would go back to work, and repeat. The most important part is, if according to the timer I only worked 5 hours today and I ought to work 8 hours, I would start working no later than 9pm (given I usually slept at 12pm). It gives me enough time to finish my stuff, while I would unconsciously understand it's the deadline thus it gives me the pressure to focus and being productive.
It's pretty effective for me, and it helped me being able to keep being productive without struggling. Some people may argue it's not good working ethic, but as Martin Fowler suggested "Don't tell your manager (you're refactoring)" (because refactoring would be a part of developing). Usually in the office, there were times I have to force myself working in low productivity mode. I'm refactoring my time to keep both my productivity sanity.
- GaryNumanVevo 6y agoSame here! I usually just watch YouTube during work hours or go for a walk until I feel that “flow state” coming on then I’ll work until whenever.
- sosborn 6y agoIMO “good working ethic” is only about doing your work and doing it well. It doesn’t mean anything about working continuously for 8 hours.
- whateveracct 6y ago100%. Don't let internalized capitalist guilt make you give your employer free labor. Working more for no tangible benefit is just deadweight loss on your end. EDIT: Thanks for the downvote, anonymous capitalist HN stooge. pg, is that you??
- burfog 6y agoBeing very capitalist, I don't give my employer free labor. I make my employer pay. Capitalism is great for me.
- whateveracct 6y agoI more meant capitalist as in "those who control capital" rather than "those who participate in capitalism"
- claudiawerner 6y agoIf you're employed by someone else, you're probably not a capitalist, as in, employer of variable capital.
- imtringued 6y agoIf you only work hard enough to receive your salary then you can't ask for a raise. If there is surplus between how much value you generate and how much you are being paid that's an opportunity to switch employers and collect the surplus.
- whateveracct 6y agoAt many salaried companies, comp is banded and stepwise. There's a bar for you to reach that puts you on the path to promotion or a raise. So if you work more than that, that's loss. It's silly to say that you can work super hard always collect the surplus. The market isn't _that_ efficient.