CreamCat

My Current Infrastructure for Success

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  • Strong Morning Routine (I've had good results with this. I use habitica to manage my morning routine)
    • Taking Shower
    • Eating breakfast
    • 5-minute positive affirmation
    • One-hour meditation
    • 10-minute visualization
  • Close tabs and windows on my computer that are not necessary.
    • Unnecessary tabs and windows are disorienting and distracting.
    • They can easily make you waste hours on internet browsing.
    • I would close as much as possible when I take a break so that I can start with a clean plate when I come back.
  • Kill ruminations and thought loops as often as possible. If necessary, trigger a mini ego death to kill them.
    • You can't close unnecessary tabs and windows unless you know how to kill useless ruminations and thought loops.
  • Constantly sacrifice bad things, non-essential things, and good things to make room for the best things. (The most important)
    • It is a form of mini ego death.
    • For example, distractions and some of your hobbies are non-essential.
    • Decide to give something up and mourn for the loss.
    • If you don't constantly sacrifice bad parts and non-essential parts of your life, everything else will collapse.
    • Sometimes, you need to sacrifice good parts, too.
  • Learn to ignore low-quality criticisms.
  • Hide distracting HTML elements with uBlock Origin (It has been useful)
    • For example, some dictionary websites distract me with sidebar elements. I just hide them with uBlock Origin.
  • Make it inconvenient to visit distracting websites with uMatrix. (This by itself is not useful without other measures.)
  • Disconnect my desktop computer from the internet when the internet is not needed? (I'm thinking about implementing this.)
  • Use smartphone only when it's needed. Disable smartphone notifications. (This has been very practical.)
    • I rarely use my smartphone for internet browsing.
    • I disabled most smartphone notifications including email notifications. I just dedicate up to 25 minutes a day to checking emails.
  • Plan the internet usage in advance (I will implement this as soon as possible.)
    • Instead of searching the internet whenever a random search topic occurs to me, I add it to my inbox and process the inbox later.
  • Single tasking instead of Multi tasking (I still have to embody the principle of single tasking.)
    • Example: When you are eating dinner, don't fiddle with computer or smartphone.
  • A proper automatic task management system (I implemented this weeks ago. It has been very helpful.)
    • Emacs org-mode organizes and presents projects, repeated tasks, task inboxes, and GTD(Getting Things Done) task contexts(home, errand, agenda, calls, ...).
    • My org-mode configuration frees my mind from orchestration and administration of projects and tasks.
    • If you don't want to learn emacs and org-mode, you can just use a task management software such as todoist.
  • Optimizing learning regimen
    • Reading books for 25 minutes a day
    • Ration my time wisely for things that I need to learn for life purpose.
  • Optimizing physical workout regimen
  • Optimizing work regimen
    • In each work session, work for 25 ~ 50 minutes. Between work sessions, take 5~10 minute breaks.
  • Daily and hourly ZFS snapshots for recovery of accidentally deleted files.
    • I can't afford full ZFS backups yet.
  • My complex computer configuration is described in a text file which I update regularly.
  • Try to clean up files and folders in my computer regularly.
    • This is an automatically repeated task in my task management system.
Edited by CreamCat

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Nice. You should also turn off wifi when not using it to avoid distraction. 

Edited by Andreas

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8 hours ago, K VIL said:

Any success with outputs so far?

I've had some tangible success. But, to take it to the next level, you should consider these.

  • Close tabs and windows on my computer that are not necessary.
  • Disconnect your computers from the internet when the internet is not needed
  • Constantly sacrifice things that are non-essential to your life purpose. Enjoy mini ego deaths.
  • Kill ruminations and thought loops as often as possible. If necessary, trigger a mini ego death to kill them.

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This is the first time I've seen anybody on here do this kind of work.  Good job.  I'm impressed!

Edited by Joseph Maynor

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@CreamCat Im decent at sacrifice. Few things to show for it . I have trouble with positive motivation beyond living.

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@CreamCat

Cool. Here is mine:

 

Morning

  • little prayer
  • hygiene
  • stretching (20-30')
  • meditation (40')
  • loving-kindness (10')
  • non-dual text study (10')

Afternoon

  • reading and contemplation (-60')
  • workout (30')
  • vizualization (20')

Evening

  • meditation (40')
  • loving-kindness (10')
  • non-dual text study (10')

Overall

  • prioritizing time in nature
  • compassionate relating
  • awareness of the body
  • little prayers throughout the day

Use the Prayer Swat Team!

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3 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

This is the first time I've seen anybody on here do this kind of work.

What kind of work?

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