Complice +8. Complice is an app, which, together with StayFocusd’s nuclear option, and Windows’ Parental control basically solved productivity for me. It eliminates both the problem Kaj Sotala described here, i.e. feeling bad about trying to do something productive because there’re so many other things to do, which results in a situation where browsing reddit is preferable to work and the problem of infinite to-do lists, where it’s impossible to feel satisfied in principle. (you really should try Complice out, at least by checking out integrated into it LW study hall, without signing up or anything)
StayFocusd +7. Nuclear option is invaluable. It automatically blocks all but productive websites every day (including chrome extensions page and StayFocusd’s settings page ^^), so instead of googling something interesting during the day and experiencing a terrible tab explosion, I now write stuff I wanna check out to google keep/notepad and return to it in the evening.
Windows Parental control +4. Every now and then I feel a terrible urge to install Hearthstone. Well, I gave my dad the password to admin’s account so now I physically can’t. Instead I feel a bit distressed for a few moments and return to doing productive stuff.
Beeminder −1. As I discovered, negative feedback works terribly for me (so it’s not only about Beeminder). It just makes me resentful and angers me instead of being motivating.
I have literally never been productive for more than a week in my life; more than 2 months with this combo already. I had 3 videogames relapses during that time, from which I recovered very quickly, and they all happened basically because I thought “I’m so productive, I bet I can start slacking on Complice a bit, return myself Windows’ admin privileges, and I totally don’t need nuclear option anymore!”. Welp.
Complice +8. Complice is an app, which, together with StayFocusd’s nuclear option, and Windows’ Parental control basically solved productivity for me. It eliminates both the problem Kaj Sotala described here, i.e. feeling bad about trying to do something productive because there’re so many other things to do, which results in a situation where browsing reddit is preferable to work and the problem of infinite to-do lists, where it’s impossible to feel satisfied in principle. (you really should try Complice out, at least by checking out integrated into it LW study hall, without signing up or anything)
StayFocusd +7. Nuclear option is invaluable. It automatically blocks all but productive websites every day (including chrome extensions page and StayFocusd’s settings page ^^), so instead of googling something interesting during the day and experiencing a terrible tab explosion, I now write stuff I wanna check out to google keep/notepad and return to it in the evening.
Windows Parental control +4. Every now and then I feel a terrible urge to install Hearthstone. Well, I gave my dad the password to admin’s account so now I physically can’t. Instead I feel a bit distressed for a few moments and return to doing productive stuff.
Beeminder −1. As I discovered, negative feedback works terribly for me (so it’s not only about Beeminder). It just makes me resentful and angers me instead of being motivating.
I have literally never been productive for more than a week in my life; more than 2 months with this combo already. I had 3 videogames relapses during that time, from which I recovered very quickly, and they all happened basically because I thought “I’m so productive, I bet I can start slacking on Complice a bit, return myself Windows’ admin privileges, and I totally don’t need nuclear option anymore!”. Welp.