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Re:Deep work in practice: reimagining my workflow for radica... by wodenokoto on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @11:46AM (#12735582) 

    Do people really have a
    problem just riding the
    flow and not heading off 
    to hackernews mid-task 
    (honest question)?
Yes, lots of people have problems staying focused.

I have on more than one occasion even caught myself thinking "now I'm really in the zone, maybe I should check reddit"... But why would that help anything?

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Re:Deep work in practice: reimagining my workflow for radica... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @03:31PM (#12737890)
Indeed. The "ALT+TAB, CTRL+T, n <arrow down> <enter>" combo is something I execute before my conscious brain notices it. However, I'm increasingly better at following it immediately with "CTRL+F4" and thinking "not now; after I finish this".
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Re:Deep work in practice: reimagining my workflow for radica... by nazgob on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @06:05AM (#12742472)
It's quite terrible. I have this habbit even with pages that I blocked via browser extension months ago. It goes away very slowly for me.
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