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by t-3 1648 days ago
When I need to be productive, I have a script that blocks all social media and news sites with /etc/hosts. It helps preventing distraction in those times when my fingers move faster than my brain and start typing yco when the browser opens instead of whatever I should be looking for.

atoav's comment about using paper also strikes me as being helpful. I often find writing longhand to be more mentally stimulating than typing, and the lack of light shining in my face seems to improve my attention span. Might just be fooling myself, but it seems to work.