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3 HN users recommended this between 2018 and 2020, in 3 comments.
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3 HN users recommended this between 2018 and 2020, in 3 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
Wake: 6:00 AM In Bed By: 9:30 PM Sleep By: 10:00 PM
Fitbit with an ankle strap that tracks my sleep and goes off at 6.
Keep phone with alarm in bathroom at 6:15. I should already be awake by now and will turn the alarm off before it begins as to not wake anyone.
I have a little script that has all my tasks and creates a spreadsheet for each day with all the tasks that I want to get done in the morning. I print the schedule off a week at a time. I do not use my phone in the morning before work, other than to turn off the alarm.
Siempo installed on my android phone to reduce screen time.
Citibike (I live in nyc) to work and get into office by 7.
Eat with coworkers over lunch and bond.
Work until 6 and go home.
WFH 2 times a month, trying to do it more.
I lock my tv remote and tv cord in a kitchen safe box 4 times a week so I don't watch tv -> https://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Safe-Locking-Container-Height...
I have a life time subscription to the freedom app that blockers internet.
I have a apple script that runs via a cron job that grayscales my home computer every 15 minutes
I use stretchly which makes me take micro breaks every 5 minutes.
I work in tech, but try like hell to not use tech outside of work. Its tough but doing so makes me much happier and it makes the days feel much much longer
This is a good point (about #'s of comparable products), but I disagree that anti-addiction products are inherently unsellable.
I think you could make the argument that weight loss products could fall into this category. There are a ton of diet books/advice, and Weight Watchers has a market cap of 4.4B.
As for actual products, I know there's the kitchen safe:
https://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Safe-Locking-Container-Height...
Also 700k+ people have installed StayFocus (a website blocker) for Chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankej...
Something that I've heard of people doing is getting a timer box. Basically what it is, is something that locks for a designated period of time.
When you're done work you can pop your stuff in it, set a timer for 16 hours or whatever is necessary then you can't access these things at all.
Here's a rough link to what I mean (https://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Safe-Locking-Container-Height...)