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A comment on Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time?.

Re:Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time? by sanman811 on Friday November 11, 2022 @12:58AM (#33557742)
Here’s a few things that I have found really helpful recently:

1. Put your phone in another room and only check it at scheduled periods. For me, after breakfast I put my phone out of sight until lunch and then back in the other room it goes until 3:30 PM.

2. Try to keep separate spaces for entertainment and focus. For example at your desk only do productive work like development or paying bills. If you want to watch a youtube video then take your laptop to your couch and watch it there or just watch youtube only on your TV.

3. Check out this podcast from Andrew Huberman called Focus Toolkit on focus cycles, focus music and more.

Also don’t be afraid to take breaks (without a screen), we aren’t machines. Just walk around and daydream sometimes

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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time? by quag on Friday November 11, 2022 @01:15AM (#33557830)
Focus Toolkit episode: https://youtu.be/yb5zpo5WDG4
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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time? by codegladiator on Friday November 11, 2022 @02:48AM (#33558231)
The whole series is excellent. The actionable items are clear and well defined and I started following some of them last year. The benefits cannot be put into words.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time? by jakabia on Friday November 11, 2022 @03:18AM (#33558383)
It's also good to make habits, they work the same way. I recommend checking out Atomic Habits, or at least this YouTube video [0].

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ7lDrwYdZc

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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time? by DontchaKnowit on Friday November 11, 2022 @11:35PM (#33569986)
This is why I fucking detest two factor authentication. I have to 2fa probably 30 times a day for work and it just constantly puts my phone in my hands and I end up habitually wasting time
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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time? by harshthedev on Saturday November 12, 2022 @01:35AM (#33570624)
Maybe you should try getting a dumb phone for your 2FA? My nokia 3310 is a delight to carry and forget about.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time? by DontchaKnowit on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @02:32PM (#33613825)
Can't, My 2FA requires both an authenticator app and an RSA token app.
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