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A comment on Ask HN: Do you have trouble staying productive with all the online distractions?.

Re:Ask HN: Do you have trouble staying productive with all t... by codingdave on Sunday February 02, 2020 @07:13PM (#22220423)
No, I keep two completely separate laptops... one for work, one for personal. On the work laptop, I do not do a single task that is not work-related. When I want a break, I switch to the personal laptop. It does take some discipline, but after a while it becomes second nature. You end up in a place where there are no distractions, only deliberate choices to either work or play.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have trouble staying productive with all t... by el_dev_hell on Sunday February 02, 2020 @10:44PM (#22221266)
I do this as well.

Having two distinct physical devices makes it much easier to avoid distractions. I have never accessed Hackernews, YouTube, etc on my work machine and never will.

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