Deep work in practice: reimagining my workflow for radically less distraction

Re:Deep work in practice: reimagining my workflow for radica... by Disruptive_Dave on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @11:04AM (#12735118)

These are tricks and "hacks," which are certainly useful. But they are only band-aid fixes. The external environment will continually evolve to find new ways to blast stimuli at you. The only real defense is training your mind.

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Re:Deep work in practice: reimagining my workflow for radica... by sevenironcows on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @11:17AM (#12735275)

Absolutely. I try and address this in the post when discussing the Pomodoro Technique, which is probably the most frequently cited "band-aid fix". But – these band aid fixes are a decent way of starting to train yourself to resist distraction, so aren't to be immediately dismissed.

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Re:Deep work in practice: reimagining my workflow for radica... by tertius on Friday October 21, 2016 @12:40PM (#12761909)

I think this applies to escapism in general. Escapism is bad, but stopping it won't solve why you're escaping.

Stopping the escapism is still important.

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