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What's your unconventional productivity hack/tool (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm rediscovering the use of a blue SAD light for productive works/study time.

Also Newton's cradle is good for setting a beat

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[–] Libb@jlai.lu 32 points 3 weeks ago (18 children)

As much as I can, I will use analog tools instead of digital.

I keep a paper agenda.
My to-do is paper too.
I draft all my papers longhand.
I sketch using pen and paper.
I do all me y research using an analog Zettelkasten (a fancy word to designate a large pile of index cards stored in boxes). I've tried using the digital modernized version of that Zettelkasten (a concept that was formalized between the 1960-90s) using an app like Obsidian but it absolutely did not work for me. Paper suits me best.

No notifications, no update/upgrade, no recharging, no bugs and no temptation to go check something online every few seconds. 100% focus.

I'm not saying that analog is better than digital, just that it works best for me and since the better I work the faster I do the work and the less I have to work. The happier I am ;)

[–] jadedwench@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Once I got the right configuration on Obsidian, I like it. I had already embraced markdown beforehand, so "fixing" it to work properly was an immediate requirement or I wasn't using it. It only took 2-3 plugins and a small custom css file. I don't need an editor hiding the markdown syntax or anything other than a mono spaced font.

I get that paper thing. I just lose it eventually. Go go ADHD.

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