Elo comments on Two forms of procrastination - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Viliam 16 July 2016 08:30PM

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Comment author: Elo 16 July 2016 09:40:42PM -2 points [-]

have you tried tracking your time? RescueTime, Tagtime, manual logging...? They help you to pinpoint the problem, some people can keep it up forever but I couldn't. it still taught me a few things about my use of time though.

Comment author: Viliam 17 July 2016 09:26:17PM *  1 point [-]

I tried LeechBlock, but I missed some options there. Such as "let me do anything I want, just keep a big timer displayed showing how long am I already doing that". I don't want the software to prevent me from reading Facebook; sometimes I do have a good reason to look there. I just want the software to tell me "hey, did you know that you have already spent 30 minutes there? just saying..."

The movie tells me clearly how much time did I spend watching it.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 18 July 2016 02:19:30PM 2 points [-]

There's a Firefox add-on called Mind the Time that does more or less that.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 17 July 2016 04:30:52PM 1 point [-]

I think the point is not to know how much time it takes. He seems to know quite well. The point is about how it feels.

Comment author: MrMind 18 July 2016 07:52:41AM 2 points [-]

Do not underestimate the power of feedback. Sometimes it doesn't feel to amount to much exactly because you don't have a clear measure on how much time you've spent on a particular site.