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This isn't procrastination.

Procrastination is having a test due in a week and studying the night of.

This is the problem when you have too flexible of a routine that allows you to go from distraction to distraction where you forgot why you even sat down in front of the computer.

Some people might say that's ADHD, some might say laziness/lack of discipline. But the reality is, you allow yourself the freedom to do that. You don't have to.

Here's another way to think about it. For your "work" that must be done on the computer, is there any reason why other parts of your computer need to be enabled to do it? Could you turn off the internet to code? Turn on airplane mode to write? Disable web traffic to problematic sites to research? etc.

Give your device a job to be done. Don't let it be an "all in one" device or you'll constantly fall into the trap of getting nothing done. Set one intention and do not allow yourself to do anything else until you're done or put enough time into that thing.



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