ineffectual

[opabinia]

I need to address my gradually worsening problems with concentration and sleep. My treatment regimen of Ignore(TM) has yielded poor results. Have I flaked on you? Am I behind at work? Yeah.

Were it not for the vise-like grip of Thirty Days II, today would have been a complete loss.

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[sephardic.livejournal.com]

Ignore(tm) ! I would claim prior rights to that invention; but I never kept my focus for long enough to file a patent.

Maybe it's time for a 30-day productivity challenge. One hour per day devoted to the The Tasks That Affect Your Week The Most. You would have plenty of workout buddies for that :)

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Experience has beaten a lesson into some of us, here. Despite *all* perceptions of vulnerability and risk in the moment... lean on friends.

You probably won't know what you need from them. They're probably cool with that.

Also in my experience: Deliberate changes in scenery can be helpful. Like choosing a friend's home, an internet cafe, or some other public setting to do a chunk of your work. Try a place where your time feels like a bounded episode - or where you're paying for time by the cup - so The Task isn't something you can shuffle til after Household_Busywork_Item_27. Borrow a friend for mutual sitting in the cafe, if it helps you feel more responsible to use *their* time as intended. Set some reasonable goal in the work; like 'get these two sections written', before you can leave that work setting. Important expectation: do not permit yourself to bring home the leftover work.

Also:

breathe.