Pomodoro forces a context change, every half an hour. This way I don’t end up yak shaving for half a day when all I needed to do was realise that this solution would require yak hair, go find a different solution.
Rescue Time helps me figure out what I was doing as a kind of forensic tool. There’s heaps of prodding and follow up available in the premium package (apparently), but for me just knowing that I will need to explain to myself why I spent three hours on HN and Reddit today helps me stay away. Mostly.
Pomodoro forces a context change, every half an hour. This way I don’t end up yak shaving for half a day when all I needed to do was realise that this solution would require yak hair, go find a different solution.
Rescue Time helps me figure out what I was doing as a kind of forensic tool. There’s heaps of prodding and follow up available in the premium package (apparently), but for me just knowing that I will need to explain to myself why I spent three hours on HN and Reddit today helps me stay away. Mostly.