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Finding a Productive Place to Code?

posted by janrinok on Monday March 24 2014, @01:08PM   
from the ask-uncle-Jan dept.

Subsentient writes:

"I have a short attention span, a very short one, and I have very, abnormally poor energy levels, to such a point that while my physical strength can be up to snuff, my mind is always running at 8Mhz. I am a programmer. This is a problem. However, I find that some places are better to code at than others. If I can sit somewhere upright, looking down at the monitor, in a comfortable position, I can sometimes get some work done, and if my monitor is large, soft, and bright, I am better off still. Do soylentils have issues with location? What would you suggest for being able to sit down and code for hours, something I have NEVER been able to do?"

• Fix your short attention span. Fix your short attention span. (Score: 5, Informative) by lx on Monday March 24 2014, @01:57PM

  by lx (1915) on Monday March 24 2014, @01:57PM (#20389)

  I know from experience that attention can be trained. Silent meditation is a good way. Personally I'm into Zen, but other systems like Vipassana are just as effective. You'll be surprised what staring at a wall can do for you.

  This Google Talk is a good introduction. [youtube.com] It may be a bit long for those with a short attention span but well worth it.

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• Re:Fix your short attention span. (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday March 24 2014, @02:55PM

  by Thexalon (636) on Monday March 24 2014, @02:55PM (#20435) Homepage

  Meditation, in a nutshell: Training yourself to do nothing. It turns out that training yourself to do nothing makes doing something easier.

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  Every task is easy if somebody else is doing it.

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