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Re:How to Recognize Burnout Before You’re Burned Out by nolok on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @05:59AM (#15182390)
You may or may not have one near you, but "open coworking spaces" is how I did it in Paris. It's those big workspaces open to anyone where you rent a place by the day or week, you come in sit at one of the open spot and go at it.

Tons of people looking for the same thing, or open to it for the experience, and after a while it just gets second nature.

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Re:How to Recognize Burnout Before You’re Burned Out by vijay_nair on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @06:06AM (#15182420)
I don’t have one nearby (Coimbatore, South India) but I will try working at the mall here, see if the background noise and activity of people milling about can have a similar effect. Bret Victor mentioned working while travelling on trains for a year as a “wandering hobo”, perhaps he has the same trouble as we do and the presence of people helped him focus.

Judging from your experience as well as Bret’s, not working alone seems to be the key factor. I wonder why that is the case, but the mall idea is worth a try, thanks for the inspiration!

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