Some stuff I did in that direction:
Installed RescueTime to track where I spend time. I hardly never check the dashboard so I don't think it's very effective.
I avoid having too many tabs open. If I need to look something up, I open a new window, do a search and maybe open a few tabs, and then close the whole window, so I'll rarely have lingering half-finished stuff to look at again.
On Reddit, my default settings only show posts for the latest months, so in the few subreddits I follow regularly, there'll rarely be new things (and I avoid at looking at other kinds of feed like new or the front page), and I don't worry about missing things. This doesn't make visiting reddit very rewarding, but that's a feature :)
I do regularly cull low quality stuff from my RSS feeds, so I rarely have that much
I never check RSS feeds at work (and rarely check personal mail or lesswrong)
I occasionally do pomodoros (not a fully ingrained habit yet), which works on getting myself to stay focused.
I have no fear of "missing some information", that's just silly, in ten years I don't think my life will be changed because I didn't read a blog post or some news. Most journalism is a waste of time anyway, reading wikipedia or textbooks is more effective.
- Installed RescueTime to track where I spend time. I hardly never check the dashboard so I don't think it's very effective.
Did the same with the same result. It falls under the category of information that is easy to gather but I don't base actions on, so it is useless in the literal sense.
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- On Reddit, my default settings only show posts for the latest months, so in the few subreddits I follow regularly, there'll rarely be new things (and I avoid at looking at other kinds of feed like new or the front page), and I don't worry about missing things. Thi
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