*sigh* I can't be arsed to do any more programming today and yet there is so much to do and exciting new things at that.
Anybody got any self-motivation solutions?
Can't be bothered
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If I'm not motivated to actually write code I get out pen and paper, site myself in the living room with a cup of tea in front of the TV and I procrastonate for a while. By the time I've finished scribbling down ideas without too much thinking I need to start implementing them. If I really can't be arsed I just put my feet up 
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Well I've just been listening to an audio book whilst lying on the floor.
Bill Bryson's - Shot History of Nearly Everything
Then I put some food in the oven and moped about for a short while and wayhey I'm coding again!
I suddenly realised I was very hungry I think that might have played a part.
Some days I get no work done because I have energy swings. Sometimes I am almost hyper; an irritation or hilarity (depending on your tastes) to those around me. Then minutes later I can become incredible tired, barely able to stay awake and uninterested in most things. Between them I get absolutely nothing done at all.
My parents have been away all week so I have been totally alone; not to my displeasure. So far I have experienced none of my usual energy swings. I couldn't possibly begin to isolate which of the many many differences in lifestyle caused the absense of my parents might attribute to this improvement but it certainly is worth a ponder. Its remarkible, in fact, how differently I behave when nobody is around for a long period of time. I live in a detacted house so I can, within reason, pretty much make as much noise as I like. Singing Oasis has been a favourite
Bill Bryson's - Shot History of Nearly Everything
Then I put some food in the oven and moped about for a short while and wayhey I'm coding again!
I suddenly realised I was very hungry I think that might have played a part.
Some days I get no work done because I have energy swings. Sometimes I am almost hyper; an irritation or hilarity (depending on your tastes) to those around me. Then minutes later I can become incredible tired, barely able to stay awake and uninterested in most things. Between them I get absolutely nothing done at all.
My parents have been away all week so I have been totally alone; not to my displeasure. So far I have experienced none of my usual energy swings. I couldn't possibly begin to isolate which of the many many differences in lifestyle caused the absense of my parents might attribute to this improvement but it certainly is worth a ponder. Its remarkible, in fact, how differently I behave when nobody is around for a long period of time. I live in a detacted house so I can, within reason, pretty much make as much noise as I like. Singing Oasis has been a favourite
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I did some yard work today actually. I did loads of stuff:
Order was restored from chaos.
Perhaps I should do these things at times of programming difficulty rather than before.
- Watered the plants (in tubs)
- Fed the fish in the pond
- Filled up the bird feeders (my parents love birds)
- Picked 30 plums of our plum tree (tastey
) - Swept up all the paths, that takes about half an hour and is surprisingly rigorus
- Tidied up the kitchen, that was covered with 5 days worth of unwashed stuff xD
Order was restored from chaos.
Perhaps I should do these things at times of programming difficulty rather than before.

