I spent four hours today not working. Not doing things other than working, mind; I had the necessary files open, took notes designed to lead toward writing code, then spent most of the time simply… not working.
When it became apparent that akrasia was not going to give up, I went to sleep for four hours.
I was trying to work on a map format conversion function, with which my latest project would be able to move forward more quickly, toward my target demo date of March 2013, at which point I would attempt to secure funding and such.
Honestly, it’s just a for loop. I can’t bring myself to write a blasted for loop. I even had major sources of working-difficulty removed—I had my braille display connected to my computer (on my normally “not fit for another device” desk, even), with music playing (this normally helps), and the house to myself (my most productive week of the year was one when everyone else who lives here was on vacation).
If my loan payments weren’t $225 more than my SSI each month, I would throw up my hands and hire an assistant. What can I do on a budget of $-225?
I don’t know if this is relevant for you, but when I’m that stuck, it’s a good idea to check on what I’ve been eating lately—too much simple carbs means my ability to take action is squelched.
I’ve noticed the same thing, and tried to control for that here as well.
I finally managed to write it, after twelve hours of non-accomplishment. I don’t really know what changed; the first time I tried, was shortly after waking and eating. The third four-hour period consisted of the same, though I think there was a bigger gap between the waking and eating, and in the third four hours I wound up spending time on the internet. The coding itself only took a few minutes, correcting compilation errors included.
I spent four hours today not working. Not doing things other than working, mind; I had the necessary files open, took notes designed to lead toward writing code, then spent most of the time simply… not working.
When it became apparent that akrasia was not going to give up, I went to sleep for four hours.
I was trying to work on a map format conversion function, with which my latest project would be able to move forward more quickly, toward my target demo date of March 2013, at which point I would attempt to secure funding and such.
Honestly, it’s just a for loop. I can’t bring myself to write a blasted for loop. I even had major sources of working-difficulty removed—I had my braille display connected to my computer (on my normally “not fit for another device” desk, even), with music playing (this normally helps), and the house to myself (my most productive week of the year was one when everyone else who lives here was on vacation).
If my loan payments weren’t $225 more than my SSI each month, I would throw up my hands and hire an assistant. What can I do on a budget of $-225?
I don’t know if this is relevant for you, but when I’m that stuck, it’s a good idea to check on what I’ve been eating lately—too much simple carbs means my ability to take action is squelched.
I’ve noticed the same thing, and tried to control for that here as well.
I finally managed to write it, after twelve hours of non-accomplishment. I don’t really know what changed; the first time I tried, was shortly after waking and eating. The third four-hour period consisted of the same, though I think there was a bigger gap between the waking and eating, and in the third four hours I wound up spending time on the internet. The coding itself only took a few minutes, correcting compilation errors included.