tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post4337547938338153776..comments2020-01-16T06:11:35.308-06:00Comments on I'll never stop talking about personal finance: Being the boss of your braindinarikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11318616380006983183noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post-85238597123599659302012-11-04T20:33:28.357-06:002012-11-04T20:33:28.357-06:00Hmm, interesting. I would be pretty depressed, pro...Hmm, interesting. I would be pretty depressed, probably, if I tallied up the amount of time I spend on facebook & forced myself to look at it. It's a good point, though, that the hours we spend working aren't necessarily correlated with how much time we spend *actually* working. I think about this a lot, because I work crazy-long hours, and find myself thinking that I could be smarter and get my work done in less time. Still trying to figure out what the best way to do that is -- is it a break to work out during the day? Or forcing myself to leave at a certain time, hence needing to get work done by then? Meh.dinarikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318616380006983183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post-16253976753004081442012-11-01T09:06:04.175-06:002012-11-01T09:06:04.175-06:00Productivity-at-work trick: Use google chrome hist...Productivity-at-work trick: Use google chrome history as a way to track your productivity. Every couple hours, add up all the times you don't use the internet for procrascination purposes as your "productive time". Then, only leave work until you spent a certain amount of time productively (as opposed to spending 8-10 hours AT work, regardless of how much time you spent working). Also keep track of how productive you are in an excel spreadsheet. Technically this is not a way to trick your brain, but more of a way to shame/motivate yourself into working - more needed when you do a PhD and don't really have outside motivation (i.e. a boss).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10536953919871500879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post-24707873229851245512012-11-01T07:19:05.747-06:002012-11-01T07:19:05.747-06:00Me, vain? Nevah! ;)Me, vain? Nevah! ;)dinarikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318616380006983183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post-25822160569977958732012-11-01T07:17:50.987-06:002012-11-01T07:17:50.987-06:00The laundry-doing bi-weekly movie marathon party s...The laundry-doing bi-weekly movie marathon party sounds amazing! Also, I promise that when you come home for the holidays, I'll come over and bring you some awesome cheese :) dinarikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318616380006983183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post-90136431350616709492012-11-01T05:22:28.538-06:002012-11-01T05:22:28.538-06:00Oh, and are you feeling like procrastinating when ...Oh, and are you feeling like procrastinating when you know you have to clean your kitchen/living room/general hang out place? Invite friends over to hang out. Need to clean your bedroom? invite a lady/manfriend over for the night. Vanity is a lovely tool to curb procrastination.Vishnu264https://www.blogger.com/profile/08680852296845172202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post-10235862851543890002012-11-01T05:19:13.200-06:002012-11-01T05:19:13.200-06:00I totally used to use that underwear trick until i...I totally used to use that underwear trick until i found something better - quite by accident. I have recently acquired some shrunken boxers that fit in all kinds of uncomfortable ways courtesy of my dry which seems to devour clothes that should have no problems going through it when it feels like it. Anyway, instead of tossing them, in true procrastination spirit (I had brought my room's trash can downstairs and did not want to get it just yet), I threw the boxers in my dresser with the rest of them. Next time laundry time came around, I procrastinated and had to wear them... Now when I think about procrastinating with laundry, I have to consciously decide if I am willing to endure another one of those days of utter discomfort... ::shutter::: It has worked like a charm so far.Vishnu264https://www.blogger.com/profile/08680852296845172202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post-53769890011572988072012-11-01T02:49:11.150-06:002012-11-01T02:49:11.150-06:00Generally I tend to be too smart to trick myself a...Generally I tend to be too smart to trick myself about deadlines. Although, when the power goes out five times a week, like it does here, there really isn't much else to do accept tidy up your room :) And I do laundry at the house of a friend of mine who works at the US embassy, and it is combined with Games of Thrones watching, so it is enjoyable as can be! Maybe have a bi-weekly laundry-doing movie marathon party? Of course with cheese - God, I miss good cheese. Also, the ability to not procrastinate should so be a superpower comic book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957475755974421590noreply@blogger.com