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If I'm having a day where I am not getting much done, I stop trying. I close and leave the laptop and my phone at my desk, take a notebook and a pen, and go to
by YuriNiyazov 13y ago
If I'm having a day where I am not getting much done, I stop trying. I close and leave the laptop and my phone at my desk, take a notebook and a pen, and go to the local library, where I sit down and write for an hour or two a discussion of why I am not getting anything done, and what I can do about it. The next time this happens again, I repeat the process, except I also reread the entry (yes, you need to keep the journal around) from the last time, and see if there's any patterns.
Leaving all your electronics behind, taking an old, analog medium (pen, paper) and going to a place where people are required to be quiet (library, not office, not coffee shop, not co-working space) is essential to the process of figuring out what's distracting you.
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- CyberWaste 13y agoi was working, then i saw this post...
- dredmorbius 13y agoI had, literally, just hit "close" on the browser window when I saw it and re-opened to read. Sigh.
- firebones 13y agoDo you find that it's the mind-hand connection (going analog, writing it out) that makes the difference, or simply the act of self-examination? Or is the pen and paper necessary to get away from the distractions the laptop offers?
- YuriNiyazov 13y agoI don't think it is specifically the mind-hand connection that makes the difference; the important parts are 1) having a ritual 2) being away from both distractions electronic and human