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rglovertoday at 7:06 PM1 replyview on HN

Putting in blockers and the like helps, but what I've found worked best was to consider this quote by Anthony DeMello:

"When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power."

When I learned to stop feeling bad/guilty/thinking this was a problem to solve and just let my mind drift, I found that my mind naturally learned when it was disciplined work time vs. browse the internet time. Personally, I noticed that when I didn't have any artificial restriction, I was less inclined to waste time on those things.

In practice: "oh, my mind doesn't want to do that other thing right now but it does want to go look at this thing; let it." The more I've loosened my grip, the less distractions have affected my productivity.


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