- Buy a cheap android tablet to do all the time-wasting activities on(HN/Reddit/tv-shows), that way it is pretty easy to avoid doing any of it on your laptop, w

- Buy a cheap android tablet to do all the time-wasting activities on(HN/Reddit/tv-shows), that way it is pretty easy to avoid doing any of it on your laptop, which turns it into a pure-productivity device that you use only for creating things. - Try to find ONE most important activity to do and focus on doing that. Switching your focus between several tasks, or having to constantly decide what is the most important thing to do takes an enormous toll on your focus and productivity. - Start to value being Lean. Aside from adding things to your life(buying physical objects, taking on projects, developing skills, engaging in activities), realize that removing unimportant things is also very valuable. I love making my life lean, it is surprisingly liberating to remove unnecessary noise and be able to focus on what really matters. - Instead of just relying on your will power, try to align your incentives, and make the things you do fun and engaging. Will power is important, but I'm 1000 times more productive when I find an activity my brain can "buy in" into, and be completely engaged in. - Read about the "flow" state, understanding how it works is very important to improve your engagement. - Read about the "pomodoro" technique. I don't always use it, at some points in my life it works very well, sometimes it doesn't. But it's cool to know about. - Track&Share is an awesome iPad app for tracking habits.