All blog posts tagged with focus
Investigates creating a completely internet-free development environment with large LLMs, exploring privacy, security, and focus benefits while documenting installation challenges and workarounds.
A simple productivity technique using hashtags like #toRemember, #toSearch, and #toSay to batch similar tasks together and become more self-reflective and less impulsive during work.
Implementing extreme productivity rules including browser tab limits, locked Freedom.to mode, phone delegation, and codebase-first development to achieve 70 hours of coding per week.
Reducing daily screen time from 9 hours to 6 hours through digital minimalism, using Freedom.to for blocking distractions, and switching to physical books and dumbphones.
Why single tasking with one screen in full-screen mode may be more productive than multi-screen setups for programmers seeking better focus and fewer distractions.
Increasing coding productivity from 4-5 hours to 6+ hours per day by blocking communication channels on the laptop and keeping the phone physically distant.
A shift in measuring productivity from passive learning and time spent to active creation and hands-on coding, introducing the Groundhog Day 100 Days of Code challenge.
Exploring how different physical and digital environments can create focused immersion states for various goals, especially when living in limited spaces or traveling.
An exploration of how short-term dopamine triggers like social media and food act as distractions that harm long-term productivity, arguing for eliminating these distractions rather than relying on willpower to resist them.
A detailed breakdown of a productive daily routine for solo entrepreneurs combining morning workouts, focused coding sessions, kitesurfing, and evening reflection while avoiding common pitfalls like analysis paralysis and social media distractions.
Finding alignment with your environment to achieve flow state, balancing mental energy from coding with physical energy from kitesurfing to build an MVP.
Embracing an uncertain travel lifestyle and going with the flow instead of rigid planning, finding balance between work focus and nomadic freedom.
An experiment in setting up a complete offline development environment for React Native to enable productive programming during multi-day mountain treks in Bulgaria, demonstrating that remote work doesn't require internet.
How solo entrepreneurs can maximize productivity by suppressing urges for doubt and communication, creating focused environments and turning decisions into habits.
Uninstalling WhatsApp to save 40 minutes daily and focus on deep, goal-oriented work by separating core activities from less important distractions.
A framework for managing screen time and prioritizing tasks as an entrepreneur by blocking distracting websites during specific periods, applying the Pareto Principle to focus 80% of time on the most important work.
Practical strategies to diminish distractions as a digital nomad, including blocking tools, creating habits, and maintaining focus despite constant change.
Balancing communication, learning, and getting things done by tracking and limiting distractions from social media and browsers to improve productivity.