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Let me speedrun for you the results of all these technical "solutions" to the quite real biological problem - after banning for yourself "fancy_thing_A" you wil
by Yizahi 4y ago
Let me speedrun for you the results of all these technical "solutions" to the quite real biological problem - after banning for yourself "fancy_thing_A" you will get distracted on the "fancy_thing_B" and so on and so on. It is literally impossible to run out of thing to distract you. At various points in my life I was distracted reading some absolutely shitty and uninteresting books, reading an introduction tutorial to the absolutely unnecessary tech for me at that time, watching a very interesting and educational video, cleaning years old stuff in the storage, organizing Documents dir on the laptop, sharpening a knife, writing a todo list (the fiftieth one), and so on.
PS: I don't know a solution. Maybe meds, people suggest visiting a doc, but since I'm a professional at distractions I've yet to try it.
- SnowHill9902 4y agoThe smartphone is just an example. The same applies to any other addictive stimulus.
- muzani 4y agoI did hit a point where I was sharpening knives for fun. At some point, it's just easier to learn to be passionate about things that matter vs trying to be too disciplined.
- jcrash 4y agoThe difference is that smartphones and their apps are designed to be incredibly addicting. Dull knives and uninteresting books are not.