{"items": [{"author": "Kate", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100111340579422?comment_id=10100111353997532", "anchor": "fb-10100111353997532", "service": "fb", "text": "This is interesting! Something I\u2019ve found helps with focus is tying something I\u2019m not excited about to something I am. Like, I care about being present with my family, or having clarity with decisions, etc., but I haven\u2019t been able to focus on getting to bed on time because it wasn\u2019t clear why it\u2019s a priority. But reframing it as an investment in my memories, decision making, and ability to be present has helped change that.", "timestamp": "1568566529"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100111340579422?comment_id=10100111385908582", "anchor": "fb-10100111385908582", "service": "fb", "text": "This: \"I've done some of my best work while distracted from something else that I was supposed to be doing.\" I leverage this dynamic all the time in running my design business and find that the net result is extremely productive even if the close-up view--say, examining one goal over the course of one week--might not reflect clear progress.", "timestamp": "1568578797"}, {"author": "romeostevensit", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/baAcssEcLuqCy7389#3sGmzkets85PuLAgi", "anchor": "lw-3sGmzkets85PuLAgi", "service": "lw", "text": "Dumping all distractions to an empty sheet is often helpful.", "timestamp": 1568592369}, {"author": "Pattern", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/baAcssEcLuqCy7389#ggQTpNq8H52dfgSD5", "anchor": "lw-ggQTpNq8H52dfgSD5", "service": "lw", "text": "The bass whistle link appears to be broken.", "timestamp": 1568596264}, {"author": "jkaufman", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/baAcssEcLuqCy7389#s9nYkWZgk33E8fYcJ", "anchor": "lw-s9nYkWZgk33E8fYcJ", "service": "lw", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;It looks ok to me now?  (I didn't fix it, but an admin may have, since the RSS import doesn't handle relative links yet)\n", "timestamp": 1568660566}, {"author": "jimrandomh", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/baAcssEcLuqCy7389#xquKcxqS2gWxLHEZs", "anchor": "lw-xquKcxqS2gWxLHEZs", "service": "lw", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;Yep, one of us edited it to fix the link. Added a GitHub issue for dealing with relative links in RSS in general: https://github.com/LessWrong2/Lesswrong2/issues/2434 .", "timestamp": 1568664449}, {"author": "Alexei", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/baAcssEcLuqCy7389#YZwYwAyt7EryEgBnm", "anchor": "lw-YZwYwAyt7EryEgBnm", "service": "lw", "text": "I like your analysis of the situation, and it honestly doesn\u2019t seem like a problem to me. Find more things you\u2019re excited about, if you really have a lot of free time.\nOne thing you can do when you have random free 1-3 minutes is meditate or journal.\n", "timestamp": 1568601451}, {"author": "jp", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/baAcssEcLuqCy7389#u7kq6wD5ppphdLp9y", "anchor": "lw-u7kq6wD5ppphdLp9y", "service": "lw", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;I feel like I&#x27;d rather live in the world where I could leave slack unblocked and still focus on my codebase that takes 25 seconds to reload on file save.", "timestamp": 1568754170}, {"author": "Rick", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100111340579422?comment_id=10100111449047052", "anchor": "fb-10100111449047052", "service": "fb", "text": "Jeff, is it related to time of day?  As you know, I can be very focused early in the morning, but have trouble focusing at other times of day.", "timestamp": "1568626714"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100111340579422?comment_id=10100111466357362", "anchor": "fb-10100111466357362", "service": "fb", "text": "I bring a book to work for this purpose. I feel like it engenders less distractibility, because the book is an ongoing-attention task, unlike say facebook or the blog role. This is overall a useful post.<br><br>I intentionally try to hype my excitement in the mornings by asking myself questions like \"what am I curious about today?\" or \"what would be an exciting result to get today?\" or \"how will this product be cool for the user when I'm done with it?\"", "timestamp": "1568644149"}, {"author": "jp", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/baAcssEcLuqCy7389#zErEYzzXGSurRLAo8", "anchor": "lw-zErEYzzXGSurRLAo8", "service": "lw", "text": "I felt like this was a scarily accurate description of my focus situation. And then I read the part about the chocolate, and like, good lord, get out of my head.", "timestamp": 1568753711}, {"author": "Harris", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100111340579422?comment_id=10100112764046782", "anchor": "fb-10100112764046782", "service": "fb", "text": "'There are also kinds of work where I need to be in a very distraction-prone mindset. Analysis is often like this for me, where I relax my barrier between having an idea and trying it. Sometimes this leads me to explore aspects of a problem that are really promising, and other times it leads me to explore the history of bi-level railcars. \"<br>MOOD", "timestamp": "1569430041"}]}