Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday
by TeMPOraL on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @06:00PM
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Do you count only writing time, or also the time you spent constructing the book and associated programs in your head?
Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday
by munificent on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @07:59PM
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All of it.
Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday
by TeMPOraL on Thursday July 15, 2021 @03:25AM
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That's very impressive. I envy you.
And I wonder how you do it. How are you able to suspend and resume work on a complex project like this? How are you able to stop thinking about it when scheduled time is up, and then pick it up the next day, without paying a huge time cost of loading yesterday's state back into your head?
Could you elaborate on this? I'm asking seriously - I myself wish I could do that. The way I work today, in irregular but long bursts of high focus, is somewhat effective, but doesn't lend itself to having a balance in life (work-life balance, but also "personal interests - life balance").
Both of the books I wrote, one of which includes two complete implementations of a programming language, were mostly written in sessions of less than an hour. Occassionally I get longer ones and very often they are much shorter.
Learning to task switch and suspend efficiently is also a really valuable skill that improves with practice. I have kids, so if I couldn't make progress while being interrupted, I'd never be able to do anything.