*note this is very work in progress. I feel I have some experiences training myself in being concentrated for several hours at a time. Please don't consider this guidelines, they are just my thoughts. Feel free to substitute "programming" in the next text with "study", "meditate", "read", or "make sweet love next to the fireplace" FocusIn general, you're trying to do one thing and one thing only. If I really want to program, I don't want to be doing any other thing:
Of course I will interrupt my work to say hi to Clayton when he comes home. I'm not a fascist. But, in general: AFTER AN INTERRUPTION OF MORE THAN 2 MINUTES ,UNRELATED TO WHAT I'M DOING, IT TAKES ME MORE THAN 20 MINUTES TO GET BACK UP TO SPEED. So, in general, if you find you have bad focus, try shutting down any electronic interrupters (email, rss, facebook, messenger). If you find yourself opening them without reason, you don't have a focus problem. You have a motivation problem. I'm not that important I can't wait 3 hours to reply to ppl. LightYou need light. It helps you keep awake, and motivated.Light can also be a clean desk. A dirty desk makes it more difficult to "see" what you are doing, creates a barrier to add another book/paper, and adds unnecessary distractions to your eye. MultitaskingIf you think you're good at it, you're not. |
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