Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working

Just wasted 20+ minutes on the internet

Using this thread as motivation to stop now and get some work done tonight.

My #1 greatest weakness is probably internet surfing procrastination. I need a sustained assault on this problem so I can enjoy the benefits of internet access without the costs.

Darnit, I’m Screwing up on this right now. I need to focus, and get some important stuff done before I have to go back to work at aroun 1pm.

This seems useful for us:

http://www.slate.com/id/2188229/

Some good tips on how to be more productive from Ed Boyden (MIT Media Lab, Technology Review). I’m posting a heavily edited summary. Follow the link for the full version.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/boyden/21925/

“How to Think
1. Synthesize new ideas constantly.
2. Learn how to learn (rapidly).
3. Work backward from your goal.
4. Always have a long-term plan.
5. Make contingency maps.
6. Collaborate.
7. Make your mistakes quickly.
8. As you develop skills, write up best-practices protocols.
9. Document everything obsessively.
10. Keep it simple.
I really like what I call logarithmic time planning, in which events that are close at hand are scheduled with finer resolution than events that are far off.”

I just wasted 1 1/2 to 2 hours on the internet. It pisses me off. I’m getting off in 3 minutes, and then I’ll stay of for at least 6 hours. But I need longer term prophylactic solutions to this problem. Advice?

I just wasted 1 1/2 to 2 hours on the internet. It pisses me off. I’m getting off in 3 minutes, and then I’ll stay of for at least 6 hours. But I need longer term prophylactic solutions to this problem. Advice?