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Can't be bothered
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:34 pm
by Ollie Saunders
*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?
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:11 pm
by Chris Corbyn
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

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:17 pm
by feyd
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:53 pm
by Ollie Saunders
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

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:45 pm
by Nathaniel
If too tired to program, which is a highly mental activity, do some heavy work. Go to the gym or do some yard work. Somehow, work up a sweat. Once rested, programming will be much easier.

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:49 pm
by Luke
I think I'm in the same situation. I've been coding at work... then right home to code some more. I've been on a binge. I need to go outside. That's what I'll do. I'll go outside afterwork. Do something ungeeky today.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:11 pm
by Ollie Saunders
I did some yard work today actually. I did loads of stuff:
- 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
It all felt good.
Order was restored from chaos.
Perhaps I should do these things at times of programming difficulty rather than before.