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It makes me sad that even with his illness he delivered more working code than I probably will ever do. Maybe not because I can't, but because I procastinate so
by M4v3R 12y ago
It makes me sad that even with his illness he delivered more working code than I probably will ever do. Maybe not because I can't, but because I procastinate so much and I really have hard time focusing on doing work.
- ibebrett 12y agoThats really the definition of "cant"
- neurobro 12y agoDo you mean 1: affected singsong or whining speech. or 2: the private language of the underworld?
- staticshock 12y agoWork is hard, and staying on task in the face of digital distractions is harder still, but you can do it. My philosophy is that in order to battle distractions, you need a more structured environment. Sure, some can manage without, but I think those people are probably outliers. Most of us are click-happy, trivia collecting pseudo-information junkies. In school, that structure was created by classes, tests, assignments, due dates, etc. Those may seem like external factors, and yet they can be traced back to you: at some point you probably chose your course load and schedule, you likely chose your degree, and even the act of attending a college in the first place was, arguably, a choice. College was a maze of your own creation, and you were the mouse running through it. After academia, though, that structure disappears. If you want it back, you have to go back to playing the roles of two different people: the visionary CEO of your life, who sets the broad agenda, milestones and deadlines, and the engineer who implements that vision. Concretely, that means you need to break down big tasks into smaller ones, and deciding that those smaller tasks need to be done in a concrete amount of time, such as "today", "this week", or "this month". Make a calendar, put it up on a wall, make it visible. The structure dissolves if you ignore it, so make it hard to ignore it. Oh, and invest in some of that "grit" everyone seems to be talking about: http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/measuring-self-control-a-marshmallow-test-for-the-digital-age/ http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/measuring-self-contr...
- MatthewRayfield 12y agoI really like the idea of the CEO and employee roles within ourselves. Thanks for that.
- ma2rten 12y agoToo bad I can't fire myself.
- triangleman 12y agoYou most certainly can. Just sit yourself down and calmly explain to yourself that, while this working arrangement has been mutually beneficial in the past, it's clear that it's not working out any more and that it's time to part ways.
- M4v3R 12y agoThanks for the tips, I really appreciate them!
- chintan 12y agoVery interesting read on "Digital Marshmallow Experiment"! Thank you.
- ultramancool 12y agoThis is sort of a side effect of having a mental illness like this. Increased dopamine levels mean people like him will be more motivated. What this motivation is applied to is just unfortunately broad... as is visible by some of his posts on his "Rants" page. Which features a lot of quotes from a deity and calling people "india niggers".
- Cthulhu_ 12y agoWith or because of his illness? You call it procrastination, but I think my brain just isn't capable of working on code 16 hours a day.
- mahouse 12y agoI don't understand. If you're happy procrastinating, why do you care? Life is about being happy and enjoying what you do, not about just doing more work, coding more... You are a person, not a robot.