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Tkadlubo has used this at work consistently (and with video) in the past year. Marcel can't broadcast a video from his office, but he shares his screen instead, which is perhaps even better for productivity. Both are comporate employees. It probably depends on your employer if you can have it running, but it seems worth a shot to ask (or to just try and see if someone complains).
We've got weird confidentiality stuff, but I'll see what I can do. Thanks!
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This is a fantastic idea, and thanks for posted this as I'm sure I'm not the only one who missed the initial announcement. I wish I could come up with some way to use it consistently at work (Not sure whether employer would care about having tinychat open; definitely can't video at work. Other people using this at work, what's your employment situation?). At the very least, I'll keep it in mind for working from home/personal projects at home.
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Always lurking, never commenting, but I'm happy to participate in the survey since the results are interesting to read.
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Open Thread, October 13 - 19, 2013
Here is a problem that I regularly face:
I have a hard time terminating certain subroutines in my brain. This most regularly happens when I am thinking about a strategy game or math that I am really interested in. I will continue thinking about whatever it is that is distracting me even when I try not to.
The most visible consequence of this is that it sometimes interferes with my sleep. I usually get to bed at a regular time, but if I get distracted it could take hours for me to get to sleep, even if I cut myself off from outside stimulus. It can also be a problem when I am in a class that I find less interesting that whatever math I was working on before the class.
I know there are drugs to help with sleep, but I am especially interested in a meta-thinking solution to this problem. Is there a way that I can force myself to clear my brain and get it to stop thinking about something for a while?
One idea I had is to give my brain another distracting activity that causes it to think, but has no way to actively stay in my head after the activity is finished. For example, perhaps I could solve a Sudoku or similar logic puzzle? I have not tried this yet, but I will next time I am in this situation.
Any other ideas? Is this a problem many people face?
Addressing the sleep half: if meditation or sleep visualization exercises are hard for you, try coloring something really intricate and symmetrical. Like these. The idea is to keep your brain engaged enough to not think about the intrusive thing you were thinking about before, but calm enough to move towards sleep.
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Done! Although I'm not quite sure how that was supposed to be 10-15 minutes...