Understanding a larger perspective is useful to set priorities and reflect. On the other hand I’m not sure whether it helps to get into a flow state and be immersed into a subject.
If you search a bug in the code you write, then all mental capacity goes towards being immersed in the code.
I would be pleased to hear if someone on LW can code well in a mental state where their mind isn’t completely focused on the code. On the other hand I doubt it.
I don’t think everybody has to work in pomodoros but I think it’s useful to think about how thinking works in the framework.
During the work time focus is very important. On the other hand in the pause where you decide on what to work next it’s useful to have the big picture in mind.
Being conscious of the context in which you acting might be a better way to frame it. If I do pomodoro I’m clear that coding time is coding time and relaxing time is relaxing time.
From Creative Consciousness (CC) workshops I know the technique of writing down a context for whatever activity one engages in.
When hanging out with friends at a bar the context can simply be: “Having fun”
Writing down contexts might be more a technique than a basic but context-awareness might be one of the basics you are seeking.
(I think this way of being very clear about contexts comes from Landmark)
Having a discussion on LW is for example a very different context for me than having a discussion on a facebook feed.
On LW I’m focusing mainly on communicating ideas to people I consider to be smart and intellectually minded.
On facebook on the other hand part of my audience isn’t intellecutal and that means I have to communicate differently to communicate effectively.
At the moment I had a discussion on the LW facebook group with about politics is the mindkiller with someone who hadn’t read the article. On LW my basic assumption would be to assume due-diligence. That facebook group on the other hand seems to need a context where I’m assume I can’t to refer to certain LW basics.
The last to Monday’s I was at a Wheel of Consent meetup. The core idea of the framework is to distinguish the context where Bob touches Alice to make Alice feel good and where Bob touches Alice to make himself feel good. Communicating about which dynamic a particular touch has is valuable. Getting a shared context creates consent in which both people know what’s happening.
Understanding a larger perspective is useful to set priorities and reflect. On the other hand I’m not sure whether it helps to get into a flow state and be immersed into a subject.
If you search a bug in the code you write, then all mental capacity goes towards being immersed in the code. I would be pleased to hear if someone on LW can code well in a mental state where their mind isn’t completely focused on the code. On the other hand I doubt it.
I don’t think everybody has to work in pomodoros but I think it’s useful to think about how thinking works in the framework. During the work time focus is very important. On the other hand in the pause where you decide on what to work next it’s useful to have the big picture in mind.
Being conscious of the context in which you acting might be a better way to frame it. If I do pomodoro I’m clear that coding time is coding time and relaxing time is relaxing time. From Creative Consciousness (CC) workshops I know the technique of writing down a context for whatever activity one engages in. When hanging out with friends at a bar the context can simply be: “Having fun”
Writing down contexts might be more a technique than a basic but context-awareness might be one of the basics you are seeking. (I think this way of being very clear about contexts comes from Landmark)
Having a discussion on LW is for example a very different context for me than having a discussion on a facebook feed. On LW I’m focusing mainly on communicating ideas to people I consider to be smart and intellectually minded. On facebook on the other hand part of my audience isn’t intellecutal and that means I have to communicate differently to communicate effectively.
At the moment I had a discussion on the LW facebook group with about politics is the mindkiller with someone who hadn’t read the article. On LW my basic assumption would be to assume due-diligence. That facebook group on the other hand seems to need a context where I’m assume I can’t to refer to certain LW basics.
The last to Monday’s I was at a Wheel of Consent meetup. The core idea of the framework is to distinguish the context where Bob touches Alice to make Alice feel good and where Bob touches Alice to make himself feel good. Communicating about which dynamic a particular touch has is valuable. Getting a shared context creates consent in which both people know what’s happening.