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My Algorithm for Beating Procrastination
- switz 15y agoEdit: Was down for me. Back up it seems. Cached: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WxbW8WkgSvcJ:lesswrong.com/lw/9wr/my_algorithm_for_beating_procrastination/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WxbW8Wk... Readability'd: http://www.readability.com/articles/tvztpg1g http://www.readability.com/articles/tvztpg1g
- indypb 15y agoawake: programming tired: doing something else
- epscylonb 15y agoMy problem is that I am often tired when I get home from work, not that I am procrastinating as such. But there are a ton of things I would like to do, anyone got an algorithm for beating tiredness?.
- LefterisJP 15y agoI hear you, same feelings here >.>
- velshin 15y agoExercise in the morning, or at least before noon, for 30 minutes or more, and eat a decent meal just after. You'll find that'll give you energy throughout the day, including after a long day at work. Then, pick one thing, focus on it, and achieve clear goals. Refer to what the original article terms success spirals. [1] How Exercise Fuels the Brain http://goo.gl/RjGe0 http://goo.gl/RjGe0 [2] Exercise reduces stress http://goo.gl/C6ztV http://goo.gl/C6ztV [3] Exercise improves brain function in young people http://goo.gl/NeN0M http://goo.gl/NeN0M
- estevez 15y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3638455 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3638455
- Drbble 15y agoAdopt out your dog and your kid, get a quiet apartment, hire a maid.
- insertnickname 15y agoMy algorithm for beating procrastination: Stop reading about how to beat procrastination and do what you're supposed to do.
- vog 15y agoSee also what "The Ultimate Productivity Blog" has to say on that topic: http://productiveblog.tumblr.com/ http://productiveblog.tumblr.com/
- LefterisJP 15y agoBut isn't technically following the multiple step method proposed by the OP not procrastinating in itself? :P I mean if I am procrastinating I would definitely not be in a state to get into a mentality to follow the method since I would be wasting my time in some other non-constructive manner ^^
- vanni 15y ago> Motivation = (Expectancy x Value) / (Impulsiveness x Delay) Interesting approach to procrastination analysis. I'm happy to see that what I am building goes in the right direction to increase motivation: asaclock (http://www.asaclock.com http://www.asaclock.com) is an anti-procrastination web community for startup single founders and people working on side projects.
- no_gravity 15y agoYou announced this project months ago and it is still "coming soon"...
- vanni 15y agoNothing strange about this. It is simply not yet ready for launch. I hope you don't really believe in "made in just one day" products.
- insertnickname 15y agoIt is especially interesting because doing the calculation itself is procrastination.
- muyuu 15y agoPlaceholder so I can check it out later ;)
- Drbble 15y agoWhat about the problem of "I don't know how to do it"?
- gfodor 15y agoPutting together IKEA furniture is boring. Truly a first world problem if there ever was one.
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoI find it quite interesting. Once had to put together about 30 chairs. Followed their instructions for the first one. The instructions were terrible, they made it very difficult. Actually found it quite fun optimising the method to eventually do each chair in only a couple of minutes: made me think that the person writing their instructions couldn't have ever done it for themselves more than a couple of times ...
- officemonkey 15y agoI _love_ putting together IKEA furniture. I just hate schlepping it in from the store.
- stfu 15y agoI needed to speak Greek, Latin, French, or German, and German philosophy isn't quite as universally bad as the others While I am myself not quite sure if philosophies can be at all qualified as good or bad, I am quite surprised to discover that the author apparently found a way to qualify the philosophies of whole countries and all their historic evolution as good or bad. Statements like these somewhat undermine otherwise interesting ideas.
- argonz 15y agoOhh just what the fuck is this. As we could not have statements about sets of simply anything.
- jonnathanson 15y agoThe problem, as you've touched upon, is adjusting the dials between size-of-reward (S) and time-to-payout (T). S and T are, typically, inversely correlated. So we're forced to make a series of compromises in the scale of our goals in order to make them realistic. I've found that, while there's no great way to "solve" this problem, there are systems you can use to manage it. Such as breaking down a larger task into increments. Incrementality is about viewing a larger task as the sum of a series of smaller tasks -- thereby allowing you to encounter a payout on a regular basis, rather than going exceedingly long stretches without one. Procrastination is really a T problem, not an S problem. Hence, why incrementality really works. (Conversely, increasing S doesn't yield linearly adjusting motivation sufficient to overcome procrastination).