How Do You Get Work Done? 1153
canuck asks: "I am currently a university student and have a major problem: being able to simply sit down and get work done. I can set aside a day to work, whether it is homework or contract work, and I will be lucky to have an hour done before dinner time. The only time I can actually get solid work done seems to be after midnight under a lot of pressure (ie. a deadline the next day). This has led to too many 5 a.m. nights and turning down too many invitations to go out only to stay in and accomplish nothing. I have stopped playing games, stopped watching TV, tried reading the Seven Habits book, and am currently seeing what classical music does for me. I don't think I have ADHD, and I am not sure what else to try. If it is computer work, the web is always a click away, and I can always escape to my imagination. I know many of you will have had the same problem. Can anyone please give advice on how to overcome this problem, be it a little trick, medication, or anything else?"
Just route Slashdot to 127.0.0.1 (Score:2, Funny)
What I do... (Score:5, Funny)
If, while I am surfing around, I find something cool I post a link to it to me
Never mind.
Re:Stop Reading Slashdot! (Score:3, Funny)
I'm sure the sentence produced are are of real high quality.
Re:I would recommend some exercise (Score:3, Funny)
I would recommend some of this [thinkgeek.com]. But remember, use it sparingly, dont drink it direclty from the bottle!
Disconnect from the internet. (Score:3, Funny)
you'd be amazed at what getting rid of a global distraction can do :)
Okay, snorting ritalin isn't for everyone, but it helps. I also reccomend exercise as a way to focus your mind. It's effects are hard to explain, but ever since I started biking i've found a tuned body helps the mind. (Sounds like new age shit but, hey, it works.)
Also try downtempo music, much like what you can find on SomaFM [somafm.com]
Re:I would recommend some exercise (Score:4, Funny)
ya u r right, we dun like even typing in all the lettrs.
Re:one word.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I would recommend some exercise (Score:3, Funny)
Like 1, 2 teaspoons?
Fortune Cookies (Score:1, Funny)
1-Discipline and commitment are the paths to organization and accomplishment.
2-Dedication is a secret weapon and the enemy of distraction.
3-Personal responsibility is not optional.
Pass the noodles.
Re: OT (Score:3, Funny)
Sure it can. Just ask Darl (All Your Code Are Belong To Us) McBride of SCO...
my wife says (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I would recommend some exercise (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Gumption traps (Score:4, Funny)
THE IRONY (Score:2, Funny)
-Rylfaeth
Same problem with solition.. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:We call this discipline (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Avoiding Distractions (Score:2, Funny)
An easier solution (Score:5, Funny)
Re:a MUSICAL exercise and a question about ADHD (Score:5, Funny)
Definitely. Cocaine is much cheaper and easier to come by, and you don't need a Doctor's prescription.
Re:Some friendly advice... (Score:1, Funny)
Almost everyone uses stimulants (Coffee) to keep their hours that they need for work and school.
Of course the bourgeoisie can sleep late and do whatever they fancy, it's just us, the workers, who have to take drugs just to get through the drudgery that makes the bourgeoisie rich.
Toil all day, needing drugs just to get through all the shit, for what? A little paycheck where all the product of your labor goes to make the ruling class rich?
Since it's not legal to beat the workers anymore now they tell us we are "defective" and give us drugs to make us work harder. Fuck that shit!
Re:People are the cause of all loss of concentrati (Score:3, Funny)
best way to stop addictive web browsing... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I would recommend some exercise (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I would recommend some exercise (Score:4, Funny)
Doctorr: So if you press this button, the life support system will dispense Morphine.
Patient: Well, what does this button do?
Doctor: Oh, don't press that. That's the caffeine button.
(Patient pushes button).
Patient: Ah yes, that's the stuff.
Doctor: Jeez! Are you crazy!?! In your condition?
(Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, beep, beep, beep, beep, beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....)
Re:Disconnect from the net (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I would recommend some exercise (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, That's my problem too. I really have to do something about it. Starting tomorrow, I will procrastinate no further!
Office Spaces says it all (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Avoiding Distractions (Score:5, Funny)
It's easy. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Thats a time management issue (Score:2, Funny)
Um, yeah ... right. That makes sense.
One Word... (Score:3, Funny)
OK, well I can speak from experience that I do my finest work under pressure. I've tried this non-procrastination route you speak of, and it hasn't gotten me anywhere. Some people work better when the heat is turned up.
Seriously I think it is just hard-wired into our psyche. As computer geeks, our minds are working on many levels all the time... multi-tasking if you will. This constant flow of information, and the pursuit of more, leads to this hyper ADHD type personality. It's always been that way, and I don't think it is going to change any time soon. Just face the music, you've become one of us.
Re:Gumption traps (Score:1, Funny)
get a wife (Score:1, Funny)