I made a list of my strategies for this: https://davidbieber.com/snippets/2022-03-18-attention-strategies/ https://davidbieber.com/snippets/2022-03-18-attention

I made a list of my strategies for this: https://davidbieber.com/snippets/2022-03-18-attention-strategies/ 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!