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Do you use Gmail's chat, perchance? It's a nice way to quickly talk to those folks who use Gmail too. How do you enforce your breaks? I'm still trying to beat

• edw519 17y ago
  I make no distinction between Gmail's chat and any other chat. I don't use them. For 99% of my communication, email is fine. For anything more urgent, I prefer the phone. I don't "enforce breaks". My body lets me know when it's time. My critical path is usually eyestrain, but it could be anything. "I'm still trying to beat some self-discipline into me." Don't. You can't win that battle. Even if you do, it will only be temporary. I look at it completely differently. I absolutely love what I'm doing so much that I have to pull myself away for breaks. Do you love what you're working on? If so, discipline will never be a problem. If not, then why not? Solve that problem and discipline will never be a problem. Either way, discipline is never a problem. Working on the right thing and devouring it is the solution. You don't worry about enforcing discipline when you're eating a great meal, partying, or having great sex, do you? Find a way to make your work like that and you'll never worry about it again.
  • unalone 17y ago
    When I follow my own work schedule, I am very erratic. I've got days of nonproductivity followed by spurts of genius. I'd like to get to be able to work even when I'm not completely in the zone.