I’m most productive without external stimuli.

I’m least productive when I have my phone in my hand. Most of my productive thoughts happen when I don’t have any devices or distractions in front of me (most common) or when I have my laptop open in front of a distraction-free screen (less common).

I need to resist the temptation to context switch into something mindnumbing like Youtube/HackerNews/Reddit/Pinboard. That’s how you lose Flow, which incidentally is a book I want to read. 202204180140

I’m also very productive when I can do most things with just my fingers. I think that’s why I should invest in tools like Vimium or Vimmode that let me operate Vim commands on regular Mac applications.

(#update: I downloaded this Mac Vim app, and it’s been so fucking sexy. I can’t believe I’ve been missing this my whole life. This is going to definitely significantly improve my note-taking game. )

uid: 202205030052 tags: #productivity #update

Date

February 22, 2023

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How to have a reasonable Git tree As of time of writing, my Git tree is in a messed up state, because I wanted to focus on feature development rather than breaking things up into

Previously

5/2/22 What was my biggest achievement today? Thought about all the different areas mulan has worked on over the last few months, and told her about them.