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I'm really bad at loosing track of time when I get on the computer. I find setting a 20 minute timer really helps with this. I do have a egg timer, but just ask
by jungletime 6y ago
I'm really bad at loosing track of time when I get on the computer. I find setting a 20 minute timer really helps with this. I do have a egg timer, but just asking my phone "ok google set timer for 20 minutes" works too.
Interesting that they mentioned body weight effects this, there was and article the other day on HN, showing how obesity contributes to brain activity decline.
Apparently overweight/obese people's brains don't work as well as they could, if they were skinnier.
Marcus Aurelius had a lot of insight on human perception of time actually.
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
"Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. "
- slickdork 6y agoI do that same 20 minute routine. I use an app on my phone to keep track of time spent on projects/automate the timing.[0] Without it, I get so little work done. [0] https://productivitychallengetimer.com/ https://productivitychallengetimer.com/
- shadowmore 6y agoI considered this, but opted for a physical visual timer where the amount of time you set it to is covered by a red overlay on the clock face, which recedes until it reaches zero. That way you get not only the benefit of the alarm at the end, but also a visually distinct display of how much time is left if you ever look over at the timer while it's counting down. May be more useful to me than most because of ADHD and the time blindness that comes with it, but either way, it's been a great help and a way to avoid paying attention to my phone while working.