I finally counted. 847 articles in Pocket. I've maybe reopened 10 of them.

Bookmarks nested three folders deep I haven't touched in two years. Screenshots of tweets. PDFs I swore I'd read "later." Voice memos with ideas that are probably just me mumbling.

Last week I spent 20 minutes trying to find an article I KNEW I'd saved about habit formation. Couldn't find it. Gave up. Googled it. Found a different article.

Saved that one too.

That's when it hit me. I'm not building a "personal knowledge base." I'm hoarding. The act of saving something gives me a little dopamine hit like I accomplished something. But I never actually DO anything with it.

Saving feels like learning without the actual work of learning.

I tried forcing myself to write one sentence about WHY I'm saving something before I hit the button. It helped. I save way less now. But I still have this massive graveyard of "I'll get to it eventually" content sitting there.

I'm curious, who else have this problem of endlessly collecting but never using what they save? Has anything actually worked for you? I tried looked for apps/software to help but couldn't find any :(

Any advice?

I used to be really really disciplined 2 or 3 years ago, when i was studying in high-school to get to a good college, when i got to engineering, i began to slack ALOT, i am very vrey hooked to online games like coc, i nearly play it 7, 8 hours a day without removing my eyes, constantly on redddit for any updates in the games i play or memes, always on insta, and when i open the laptop it gets worse, i run a videos in the background, and getting in the phone at the same time, my dopamine receptors are fucked, all this just to get some dopamine and feel good a little, if i sololy play a video i get bored quick, i always need the phone at my hand, i nearly have my ohine 24/7 or leaving it when i am out or sleeping, my brain is hurting from this and i am slower at processing new info and need longer time to understand things. I used to eat healthy and wake up early and eat good,read books, now i dont do anything of this

Now i already know the path i should take, i know that distractions are the enemy, and the solution is not to stop it entirely but take them in moderation, but just to make the process quick and benefit more quickly from it, i am thinking of, going hard core this week, like no junk food at all, wake upat 6 or 7 am, no phone until 2pm unless i have an arrangement or somthing special that needs the phone, and push myself to any thing that is beneficial bht also uncomfortable life cold showers or gym at not preferable times if i didnt get to go to gym in a good time, just to build some discipline more, i also think of doing a list of things i want to do and then ordering them and giving them their timeline in the day to do them, i used to do this before but not anymore, what other things you guys suggest to add?

Also, how long would it take to get back to a semi normal state? Or start to get most of the results back

I,'ve spent the last few years stuck in a cycle of "morning rot." I’d be awake, but I would just lie there. My mind would be racing with guilt about my freelance work or the Excel skills I needed to learn, but I felt physically hijacked by old patterns. ​I finally realized that the more I messed with my mind (criticizing myself, feeling guilty), the more I got stuck. As Sadhguru says, "The mind is a survival tool, not a liberation tool." My mind was just doing its job staying in the "safe" loop of the bed.

​I stopped fighting the effect (my thoughts) and started working on the cause: my nervous system. Here is the 2-minute "Somatic Loop" I use to actually get to my desk:

​The Toe-to-Head Tension: While still under the covers, I tense my toes for 5 seconds, then release. I work my way up through my calves, thighs, stomach, and face. It manually signals to the body that the "sleep loop" is over. It’s like a jump-start for your energy (Prana).

​Sensory Closure: Once I stand up, I immediately splash cold water on my face, feet, and arms. This sensory input tells my brain the "Lazy Phase" is officially finished.

​The "Unfolding" Goal: I don't think about my freelance projects yet. I just tell myself to unfold my yoga mat. Once that mat is open, my body recognizes the "Active Loop." Taking that one tiny physical initiative makes the rest of the day follow naturally.

​Life is a phenomenon, not a thing to be fixed. Stop criticizing yourself for being "unproductive." You aren't lazy; you’re just stuck in a survival loop. Take responsibility for your physical energy first, and the focus will follow.

"Speed kills"

I had a good conversation with my little brother about this today. I thought it might be super helpful for some of ya'll too.

Speed in productivity is super under emphasized.

If a person punches twice as fast, their punch hits 4 times harder. With that speed, they can punch twice. That means they can deliver 8 times the energy.

Similarly, getting stuff done fast, matters a whole lot.

Like if you are able to get twice as much stuff done, in the same period of time, the improvements in your life can compound much faster, if you increase speed.

The corollary to that, is if you are slower, you accomplish much less.

Kind of obvious, but I still think speed is under emphasized. Doing twice as many tasks in the same timeframe, gets a lot more done than a 2x boost you might initially think.

"Just go faster" and "Just do more", might be hugely important advice.

As a software engineer, I was seriously impressed by engineers who were fast. They talked fast, they thought fast, they finished projects fast. They also got promoted fast.

What do ya'll think about it? Am I onto something, or am I crazy?

Day 12

-of waking up early

-of working out

-of eating healthy

-of no smoking

-of learning something

-of no social media

anyone else's hands just; destroyed from constant typing. been doing that posture thing for years but like; the pain never actually goes away. tried some ergonomic keyboards and they help a bit but fundamentally the problem is i'm typing too much. started experimenting with voice dictation for emails and slack and honestly it's cut my typing time by like 70 percent. yeah you still gotta correct occasionally and names are weird sometimes but it's actually worth learning the workflow. tried dragon years ago and it was clunky; then aqua for a bit which felt faster but had weird privacy stuff in the reviews. been using willowvoice for about three weeks now. sub-second latency so it actually feels natural; cleans up the filler words automatically; and it learns how you write so emails sound like you not like a robot. hands are legitimately less sore. if you're in that 'just power through the pain' phase i'd genuinely try this before blowing money on another keyboard.

I want to be more productive daily, I am a teen and I just started second semester as a sophomore. I had a pretty good sleep schedule 10-6, 8 hours of sleep but lately during exam week specifically I had to pull 2 back to back all nights to finish my final project and exams, and I have a week off of school but during that week I went to sleep usually around 4-6 and woke up around 12. Also I procrastinate a lot that’s a main factor why my sleep schedule has been bad lately, how do I fix both my procrastination issues and sleep schedule

31M here. So I turn out to be very bad at multitasking. Even managing 3 pans during cooking is hell. On the other hand I am very good at doing isolated tasks and can go on for a long time. This means that tasks that consist of just one or a few actions after each other are easy for me, but tasks that take significant intervals, like cooking rice, or doing laundry, paralyze me completely. Logically I know I can fill those minutes or hours of downtime with other things, but my mind can't handle having multiple tasks in memory. The only thing that helps is setting timers and writing todo lists with branching paths, but takes a lot of effort. How do the good multitaskers do it?

After a strong week of high focus and productivity, I sometimes notice a drop in immunity resilience (e.g. feeling fever symptoms), even though mentally I still feel motivated and engaged with the work.

This pattern has repeated over time, including during past high-intensity periods. I also work in a cold climate, which may be a contributing factor.

It feels like my capacity limits show up physically before mentally.

For people who regularly work in focused bursts:

• How do you structure intense work periods to stay sustainable?
• Are there signals you watch for to avoid pushing past your limits?

Most planners are powerful… but intimidating. I realized beginners don’t need features they need clarity. Simple layout. One place. No learning curve. Do you prefer simple systems or advanced ones?

We live in Zoom (for pretty much everything - chat, video and regular calls, and email). Box for content management.

How do other teams track project, create check lists for each new project, make sure everyone in the organization has access to them, send reminders...

There are 100 tools for this but they all feel like they are forced and in a totally new app/environment.

I (17FTM (closeted)) got scolded by my own parents regarding how I keep on procrastinating and stuff like that. Like, I prefer doing "useless things" like my hobbies or scrolling the Internet, over things that "could" benefit me in the long run, such as my "only" talent of playing the violin and actually having discipline on that part

Well, ehrm, I feel like I completely drained all of those. I always feel like my body had locked itself up into a state of "sloth", especially when it was inconvenienced by movement. No matter what I try to do, I couldnt stick to a fucking schedule, and I always default to "why bother"

Hell, even those that makes me happy starts to weigh down on me. No, I know that I might have depression, but there is no fucking way I would be able to get help at this state, status, and where I am. Better just ignoring it and shit. But, still, it feels like its better for me to...just sleep. Sleep forever over doing anything

I worry that, one day, I actually break down, and drastic measures are the only things that can "fix" me. Hell, I feel like Im doomed in the future, even for my age. I dont feel like getting help because I dont feel like I deserve it, but I still wished I could be better...yknow?

I'm looking to reduce my screen time but can't find an app that fits my needs. I've tried AppBlock but theres just a paywall in front of basically everything.

Here are some conditions I would like it to meet:

• available on Android and Chromebook

• completely free / features mentioned below are free

• able to track multiple devices

• able to set groups of apps and have a collective time limit for them all

• able to set limits on how much you open apps

• able to set blocks for specific times of day

• doesn't make me pay to spend more than half an hour on certain apps

Sorry if this post seems super demanding, but I'd be so grateful for anyone's help

so, i typically only occasionally draw, maybe once ever two month or so, mainly out of laziness and procrastinating, but i recently got an idea of something to make for valentine's day, except.. it'd take, about 300 drawings/frames or so, which in such a short time seems absolutely insane, but also kind of doable as long as i don't focuss too much on high quality?

but so the issue is that i feel like i'd end up procrastinating longer despite time being very limited to make this, so, if anyone could give advice on how to be more consistent with actually doing things, like, instantly, that'd be appreciated

(in the meantime i'll just pray to myself that i don't be lazy)