“A state of flow can be achieved by deep work”

Re:“A state of flow can be achieved by deep work” by splintercell on Thursday February 23, 2017 @07:26PM (#13719469)

> This is an interesting concept, but it still requires self control. I could browse all day if I wanted but I WANT to get more work done, but I cant help it.

It doesn't require that much self-control as you may think. The important part is to control that 'first' desire of looking at your phone or opening up distracting sites.

What I found is that if I can curb that first desire to get distracted, then the rest of everything is super easy. But if I can't curb that first desire (which usually happens on Mondays), then I have to write that day off to non-productivity.

I started this project last November, and coincided with shutting down Facebook notifications (which helped me a lot). Two weeks ago I uninstalled Facebook mobile app and now I only check facebook by logging into the web version.

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Re:“A state of flow can be achieved by deep work” by et-al on Thursday February 23, 2017 @10:27PM (#13720666)

> The important part is to control that 'first' desire of looking at your phone or opening up distracting sites.

Yeah, this is always key. If you don't get that initial dopamine hit from the first potato chip, or that first cigarette, it's a lot easier to ignore the urge.

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