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What do you do when you're too distracted/unmotivated to code? When you know what needs done ... and you know how to do it ... you just don't feel like going through the motions?
I sat down to bang out some code a little while ago. Cued up a couple hours of music, grabbed a good drink, and got comfortable. Got about 20 minutes into it and now I don't feel like doing it. I tried walking around (if it weren't dark and winter, I'd go for a "long" walk ... that usually does the trick). But ... nothing.
So in the interest of giving me something to read whilst I procrastinate ... what do you do when you're unmotivated?
I'm 62 and have Parkinson's Disease, emphysema and cardiac arrythmia so my options are limited.
I usually read a book, or crank up a fps on my computer.
Yeah, but after that porn i want to go to sleep.. But when i wake up a couple of hours later... I'm really motivated
Don't see this pattern happening at office space though
I have solved more problems in my code on the toilet than sitting at my computer looking at code. Its amazing how your mind works when you dont have the code in front of you
Jenk wrote:make a thread on DN asking what to do when I have a coding block.
It really all depends on will power. I just sometimes tell myself to stop being lazy, and when I get down and sit I just start to code.. If it gets boring at some point I just take a break and go to other things, any thing possible.
That last suggestion works for me - I keep a few tasks handy and switch from one to the other if things are going downhill. I also find a little music while coding does no harm...
I've been having that trouble a lot lately... i get done with a section and code and just don't want to start another... That the hardes part... to actually start coding. Once i get started usually i go until i have to do something else or until i get done with the task... they it repeats again.