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by freework
4951 days ago
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These kinds of projects are the epitome of the "using technology to solve human problems" fallacy. If you are having trouble staying motivated to work, then you need to fix that. For me, browsing facebook et al is a palette cleanser of sorts. If I lock myself to only being able to view 'work' sites, I'd become too stressed to do my best work. |
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Interesting to hear that you feel more stressed when you lock yourself out of palette cleansing sites. For me, I sometimes get this background anxiety/agitation when working in front of a computer for long periods of time, which can tip me into distraction when I hit something frustrating.
My computer is a shared leisure/work machine, which means that it can fall into the "working in the bedroom effect:" I find that I don't work well in that space because it's where I sleep and relax at the end of a day.
I create a boundary between relaxing/working states by changing environment: going to a coffee shop, office, or another room.
For some reason, this script has a similar boundary/environment effect on me: an intentional step to create a different "space" where I am working.