What works?
Concrete
- Making and drilling flashcards
- Communicating as frequently and transparently as possible; erring on the side
of “too much information” and trusting people to push back
- Using commitment devices judiciously (i.e. as a last resort)
- Using pen and paper
- Listening to calming music
- Fessing up
- Reaching out to people
Abstract
- Taking things seriously
- Looking at things from a different perspective
- Addressing causes instead of just effects
- Continuing to do things that seem pointless or hopeless
- Trying again
- Progressive overload
- Making compromises
What doesn’t work?
- Avoiding people
- Attacking people
- Setting unrealistic expectations
- Trying to scold self into doing something
- Being secretly ashamed
- Doing busywork
- Ingesting without digesting
- Using LLMs in general
What works a bit?
- Doing things in the morning
- Deleting Twitter
- Figuring out how much time to spend on things
- Getting enough sleep
- Setting limits
- Reflecting on things; writing things
- Exercising