May 18 2008
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Disconnecting Distraction
Paul Graham talks procrastination-by-distraction:
Procrastination feeds on distractions. Most people find it uncomfortable just to sit and do nothing; you avoid work by doing something else.
So one way to beat procrastination is to starve it of distractions. But that’s not as straightforward as it sounds […]
One approach that I discovered entirely by accident one day when I was limited to a 13” laptop screen instead of 20” monitor: run only your core work applications, and run them all maximized.
It really is easier to stay on task when the task is the only thing visible.
