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JoshuaFH

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Making myself more productive
« on: September 13, 2009, 02:57:59 am »

I often feel that I'm a lazy person, and I'd like to change that. I think that having a notepad, and writing down things I want to do today might help.

I also have something of a bad memory, so the notepad would also work for writing down info and ideas and stuff. Which might be useful.

What do you guys think?
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Re: Making myself more productive
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2009, 04:58:41 am »

I find that mental stamina is a lot like physical stamina. It hurts to not be lazy, but once you get used to it, it's a lot easier. The problem is that you have to force yourself to not be lazy. Try doing something productive for the sake of being productive... learn a (programming) language, learn to play guitar, force yourself to spend an hour reading Wikipedia, something like that. It's sort of like a push up.. the first is the worst, then it gets a lot easier.

Notepads are also useful.. I keep a few around, coz I have a lot of thoughts and ideas, and jotting them down helps me not forget them :P Yeah, multitasking is a killer for a lot of stuff I want to do, because I tend to juggle stuff in my memory.
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Re: Making myself more productive
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2009, 06:14:12 am »

Try doing something productive for the sake of being productive... learn a (programming) language, learn to play guitar, force yourself to spend an hour reading Wikipedia, something like that.

Fixed. Wikipedia is a time trap from whence you go, never to return. In fact STAY AWAY FROM THE INTERNETS full stop except when you really really have to.
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Re: Making myself more productive
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2009, 06:59:11 am »

Cocaine, amphetamines. And you'll do much more crap in the same time.  ;D
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Re: Making myself more productive
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2009, 08:02:31 am »

Cocaine, amphetamines. And you'll do much more crap in the same time.  ;D

Lies. The chances of f*cking up bad while doing something will be far higher (as one would imagine).

Besides, you risk getting a stroke.


To OP: I found that a netbook increased my performance quite a bit, myself.
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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2009, 09:11:50 am »

Cocaine, amphetamines. And you'll do much more crap in the same time.  ;D
Lies. The chances of f*cking up bad while doing something will be far higher (as one would imagine).
Why lies? Didn't i say "much more crap"?  :D
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Re: Making myself more productive
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2009, 09:28:03 am »

touche
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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2009, 01:30:04 pm »

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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2009, 03:45:43 pm »

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Re: Making myself more productive
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2009, 05:11:08 pm »

Get a bossy girlfriend?
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Re: Making myself more productive
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2009, 05:12:33 pm »

Cocaine, amphetamines. And you'll do much more crap in the same time.  ;D
screw that, productivity is for the weak.
Get a bossy girlfriend?

No, no, and no. To everyone, please be a bit more serious.
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2009, 05:16:50 pm »

I was serious actually, its amazing how motivated you are when your promised boobs afterward.  :P
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Re: Making myself more productive
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2009, 08:37:41 pm »

make a game chaos josh!
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Re: Making myself more productive
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2009, 09:02:01 pm »

Read up on something, as mentioned above try wikipedia. Learn about communism or just read the artical of the day.Sometimes now when I got there I have to read everything single page related to something that I indended to skimp.
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