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by brazed_blotch 1221 days ago
I also find access to limitless information addicting, and get bored at work sometimes. Practical advice:

1) Cut internet to your house, or get someone to change the WiFi password if you can't do that.

2) Remove your SIM card and glue it into a dumb phone

3) Delete social media and things you find distracting (steam, instagram, etc.)

4) Organise your work tasks by priority if you haven't already. I use Kanboard for this. Otherwise the former steps will leave a void you'll fill by procrastinating.

That is essentially the only thing that worked after trying many other solutions over three years. Some people don't have to go to that extreme but... different strokes for different folks. One year later and I'm still going strong! I now rent in a co-working space, but a library was perfectly adequate before that.