May sound silly but saying your goal out loud works wonders
listen to lo-fi, remove distractions, use pomodoro technique
Hard deadlines. I’m trying something new this week actually too. I’m “out of office” (for meetings) all week in order to create space so I can focus on writing and shipping a big project.
I asked chatGPT to apply James Clear habit forming/breaking framework to list ideas for better focus/less distraction: https://shareg.pt/ZOyp7Oe
As I observed, a gun to your head helps with the toughest distractions. https://youtu.be/zfy5dFhw3ik
Set daily tasks, to do lists. The first one is exercising
leave phone somewhere else, block telegram on desktop, become unreachable, put on some music
this depends on if your distractions are internal or external. For a while, i kept a notepad next to my keyboard, a distraction log. When distraction is detected, note the time of day, as well as the origin of it. External distractors can be eliminated by env control, internal ones are trickier...
action leads mood: just sit down (or standup), DND on, single song loop on headset, close all windows except the one on the top of todo
Focus? This comment took me 5 minutes to write. On another note Friends is a solid show.
blog.borodutch.com/how-i-launched-7-products-in-1-year + b.bdut.ch + todorant.com
Start with little sessions and build on that. Even if it’s something small like breathing meditation, reading, or working on a small project. Spend just a minute (or two or ten), whatever you can manage. Then add a minute or two over time until you’re up to bigger blocks. Simple but it works for me.
Beat procrastination https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/RWo4LwFzpHNQCTcYt/how-to-beat-procrastination
I pay attention to what’s fun and do that Enjoyment is the key ingredient to stable attention (❤️ @tasshin)