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I do chores when I'm stuck. I strategically engage diffuse thinking to overcome my current obstacle. More often than not, I sit back down with a solution. Give

I do chores when I'm stuck. I strategically engage diffuse thinking to overcome my current obstacle. More often than not, I sit back down with a solution. Give it a shot :)

rg111 4y ago
Yes. Breaks are wondrous in problem-solving. When stuck (and when not), take breaks and do other stuff. In ~95% of the cases, solutions come to you. In the rest 5%, you reach out to someone who can help. Breaks are miracles in problem-solving. And I mean not only in case of programming/math, but also social situations.
JustSomeNobody 4y ago
This is one of the productivity boosts WFH has over the office. Two birds with one problem to work out.
waprin 4y ago
I'm similar, though not necessarily chores - usually other projects. In my goal tracker, I set high levels goals to be productive, but then about 30 different possible tasks count as productive. I track them at a low level so I can keep a good track of my time, but they all count towards the high level daily/weekly goal of being productive. That way I make sure I'm just doing _something_ productive, if not the thing I planned to do, rather than screw around surfing Reddit or something. Of course, this strategy works much better if you're a bootstrapped founder with 40 important tasks in front of you. It works less well if you have a daily standup with a project manager stressing the importance of only doing the JIRA ticket at the top of the backlog. So YMMV.
- shanebellone 4y ago
  I typically maintain a list of tasks that can be accomplished in 6 hours or less. I pick a task based on my mood and motivation. I rarely work more than 6 hours. Usually accomplishing a small task builds enough motivation to accomplish another small task or a larger task. Getting started always seems to be the hardest part.

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I do chores when I'm stuck. I strategically engage diffuse thinking to overcome my current obstacle. More often than not, I sit back down with a solution. Give

by shanebellone 4y ago

I do chores when I'm stuck. I strategically engage diffuse thinking to overcome my current obstacle. More often than not, I sit back down with a solution. Give it a shot :)

rg111 4y ago
Yes. Breaks are wondrous in problem-solving. When stuck (and when not), take breaks and do other stuff. In ~95% of the cases, solutions come to you. In the rest 5%, you reach out to someone who can help. Breaks are miracles in problem-solving. And I mean not only in case of programming/math, but also social situations.
JustSomeNobody 4y ago
This is one of the productivity boosts WFH has over the office. Two birds with one problem to work out.
waprin 4y ago
I'm similar, though not necessarily chores - usually other projects. In my goal tracker, I set high levels goals to be productive, but then about 30 different possible tasks count as productive. I track them at a low level so I can keep a good track of my time, but they all count towards the high level daily/weekly goal of being productive. That way I make sure I'm just doing _something_ productive, if not the thing I planned to do, rather than screw around surfing Reddit or something. Of course, this strategy works much better if you're a bootstrapped founder with 40 important tasks in front of you. It works less well if you have a daily standup with a project manager stressing the importance of only doing the JIRA ticket at the top of the backlog. So YMMV.
- shanebellone 4y ago
  I typically maintain a list of tasks that can be accomplished in 6 hours or less. I pick a task based on my mood and motivation. I rarely work more than 6 hours. Usually accomplishing a small task builds enough motivation to accomplish another small task or a larger task. Getting started always seems to be the hardest part.