Notice that I’ve been cycling through some things.
E.g. I open some habitual browser tabs, glance at some, close them, and then reopen the same set of habitual tabs.
E.g. in a programming project, I open some file and read a bit, then switch to my notes file, then switch to another file, try to think about what to do next, get confused, open the first file again...
The step of “internally yell LOOOOOP” seems silly enough that it just might work. I’ll try adding it to my own reaction; I’m presently at a level where I’m moderately skilled at noticing loops but I don’t yet reliably connect that awareness to a useful behavior change.
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Notice that I’ve been cycling through some things.
E.g. I open some habitual browser tabs, glance at some, close them, and then reopen the same set of habitual tabs.
E.g. in a programming project, I open some file and read a bit, then switch to my notes file, then switch to another file, try to think about what to do next, get confused, open the first file again...
Internally yell “LOOOOOOOOP!”
Consciously think about what to do next.
The step of “internally yell LOOOOOP” seems silly enough that it just might work. I’ll try adding it to my own reaction; I’m presently at a level where I’m moderately skilled at noticing loops but I don’t yet reliably connect that awareness to a useful behavior change.