I made a list of my strategies for this:
https://davidbieber.com/snippets/2022-03-18-attention-strate...So you don't have to click through, here they are:
* Using an outliner like Roam Research
* Working with another person (e.g. pair programming)
* Working with another person present (e.g. independent coworking)
* Running a “distraction detection” program
* Mentally noting the distraction-kind and returning my attention
* Keeping my phone in my kitchen
* Writing on Go Note Go, my headless keyboard
* Attending meetings/talks in “clamshell mode” (laptop closed, no keyboard or mouse available)
* Making TODO lists
* And explicitly writing down the ^^active TODO^^
* Going to sleep at a specific time (e.g. 10:10pm)
* Exercising regularly (or at least aiming to)
* Stopping watching TV in the middle of an episode (ends of episodes are more addicting)
* 50 minute working sessions (e.g. focusmate.com)
* Stretching
* Taking short deliberate breaks
* Using Pomodoro timers for working sessions
* Using the “Intention” Chrome extension by DK
* Keeping all notifications on my phone turned off
* Asking the people I live with to get my attention first before starting a conversation with me
* Announcing my current active goal publicly (e.g. in a chat room)
* “Hide feed” Chrome extension, also by DK
This is all in addition to what I call the "Nike strategy". i.e. "Just do it". aka pure will power. But you don't need to rely completely on the Nike strategy -- the rest of the list can be useful too!
So you don't have to click through, here they are: * Using an outliner like Roam Research
* Working with another person (e.g. pair programming)
* Working with another person present (e.g. independent coworking)
* Running a “distraction detection” program
* Mentally noting the distraction-kind and returning my attention
* Keeping my phone in my kitchen
* Writing on Go Note Go, my headless keyboard
* Attending meetings/talks in “clamshell mode” (laptop closed, no keyboard or mouse available)
* Making TODO lists
* And explicitly writing down the ^^active TODO^^
* Going to sleep at a specific time (e.g. 10:10pm)
* Exercising regularly (or at least aiming to)
* Stopping watching TV in the middle of an episode (ends of episodes are more addicting)
* 50 minute working sessions (e.g. focusmate.com)
* Stretching
* Taking short deliberate breaks
* Using Pomodoro timers for working sessions
* Using the “Intention” Chrome extension by DK
* Keeping all notifications on my phone turned off
* Asking the people I live with to get my attention first before starting a conversation with me
* Announcing my current active goal publicly (e.g. in a chat room)
* “Hide feed” Chrome extension, also by DK
This is all in addition to what I call the "Nike strategy". i.e. "Just do it". aka pure will power. But you don't need to rely completely on the Nike strategy -- the rest of the list can be useful too!