Increasing productivity?

[Deleted member 658642]

noise-canceling headphones
Does it work?

It works for me. I don’t listen to music though as I just use the ANC to kill the background noise. Got a pretty big family so it can get pretty noisy at times.

Being the productivity-nut I am, I like to do the following:

1. Cold showers in the morning
2. Drink 1-2 litres of coffee and a few cups of tea daily
3. Instead of having small breaks every X minutes, I rather take breaks whenever I switch tasks. Unless a task takes over 3 hours, I try to finish the task before taking a small break.
4. Listen to good music. When I have to really focus I don't like to listen to vocal music. I personally like to listen to a lot of Jazz, Blues, Classical and Lo-fi.
5. Project -, task management, calendar and pretty much all work-related notes kept in one app. I like to use Notion for that purpose.
6. I write 'sudden bursts of ideas/tasks' to physical papers/sticky notes.
7. Get fresh air from time to time. Everyone who attended primary school knows that we exhale quite a bit of carbon dioxide. Poorly ventilated areas, such as offices and populated small rooms can easily reach CO2 levels of 1000ppm or above.
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8. Hit the gym by evening
9. Sleep well. We sleep 25-40% of our lives. The best investment you can ever make is to invest well in your sleeping. Get a good bed, pillow and blanket.

7. Is absolutely true. I haven’t given enough thought to that and thanks for the links.
9. Do you have any criteria you’d consider when picking out pillows or just whatever you’re most comfortable with?

if you are going to go there, may as well take a caffeine and L-theanine supplement. L-theanine is what you would get from drinking tea, and helps equilibrate the negative effects of caffeine to keep long-term focus. this is a classic pairing and you should be able to get it without problems. a few years ago i had my nootropics phase, which ended rather quickly as you can't get any fun shit on my country. but reading about it is fun.

on the topic of productivity, sometimes not leaving yourself a choice is the best. i am always shilling it here, but try focusme. you can pick the mobile version for free. it allows you to limit how much you use any app or website, block websites with certain words, etc. it doesn't work perfectly, but its a good enough deterrent.

Yeah, I had looked into L-theanine and am definitely considering it. Anything that can help with the crashes is good.

What other nootropics have you come across in your research into this?

 

[JavascriptPufferfish]

What other nootropics have you come across in your research into this?

been various years already. check https://www.reddit.com/r/Nootropics/ to see whats up these days. last time i checked, noopept was king. 40mg daily and you were a champ. also, rotation is a thing. to make sure your body doesn't get accustomed to 1 thing (so it can keep having great effect), you need to rotate stack every few months.
also, make sure you are getting all the vitamins and nutrients you need. oftentimes vitamins and minerals can make wonders.
edit: also, be careful of "clickbait" style premade nootropic stacks. those little bottles with catchy exaggerated names and combination of nootropics. they are usually watered down as hell. also, be careful when buying pure nootropics as well. even if the article says "noopept", make sure its noopept and not "something very similar and we market it as noopept but its actually fucking vitamins". basically, inform yourself and read the description of the article.

 

[johnpham]

I find wearing noise-canceling headphones (like those of a-i-r-p-o-d) makes it harder for me to concentrate because it creates a tinnitus feeling in the absence of music.

 

[xReminisce]

so u hate drinking coffee? aight new type of humans

I cannot stand coffee, I start getting migraines shortly after drinking it
I drink tea to get my caffeine instead

 

[lifehero]

adderall 9mbc vyvanse uridine, memantine, test, creatine, and decent nutrition.

these give me 8-16 hour days, everyday for months. some weeks will have a break day maybe even 2 days a week will have break day

 

[Juhku]

9. Do you have any criteria you’d consider when picking out pillows or just whatever you’re most comfortable with?

I actually got myself into this topic quite deeply some while ago when I started getting recurring headaches. All thanks to my bad sleeping position.
I used to sleep with two pillows for years until my neck and shoulders were so sore/rigid, that it started to give me bad headaches almost daily.

I'm no chiropractor, but what I learned from my research on the topic, is that you definitely should not sleep the way you are most comfortable with. When it gets to sleeping, comfortable very rarely means the healthiest.
Regarding the pillow. I got myself a new pillow, super-flat, but 'bounces' just a touch. Rolled up a towel and put it inside my pillowcase, this way the towel supports my neck better, at least on 'normal' pillows. The first week of trying to get sleep was absolutely horrendous, it was way far from comfortable, it felt like sleeping on the floor.
But, I have to admit that I haven't slept this good ever.
For the material, everyone has their own preferences on what they like, but I personally like a half-and-half mixture of bamboo and polyester.

Here's a good video that gives you a quick look into better sleeping. Very helpful for overall health, even if you don't (yet) experience any neck/shoulder rigidness.

 

[Deleted member 658642]

I actually got myself into this topic quite deeply some while ago when I started getting recurring headaches. All thanks to my bad sleeping position.
I used to sleep with two pillows for years until my neck and shoulders were so sore/rigid, that it started to give me bad headaches almost daily.

I'm no chiropractor, but what I learned from my research on the topic, is that you definitely should not sleep the way you are most comfortable with. When it gets to sleeping, comfortable very rarely means the healthiest.
Regarding the pillow. I got myself a new pillow, super-flat, but 'bounces' just a touch. Rolled up a towel and put it inside my pillowcase, this way the towel supports my neck better, at least on 'normal' pillows. The first week of trying to get sleep was absolutely horrendous, it was way far from comfortable, it felt like sleeping on the floor.
But, I have to admit that I haven't slept this good ever.
For the material, everyone has their own preferences on what they like, but I personally like a half-and-half mixture of bamboo and polyester.

Here's a good video that gives you a quick look into better sleeping. Very helpful for overall health, even if you don't (yet) experience any neck/shoulder rigidness.

I sleep with three pillows so this is definitely useful. Thanks for the links dude.

 

[noellarkin]

Some great tips here. My own highest ROI tips would be:

1. Meditation session before starting work, primes me and gets me in the right state.
2. Standing desk keeps me more active and eliminates posture related issues.
3. Nootropics: piracetam is a safe, over the counter supplement that is a great pick-me-up on an empty stomach
4. Use music occasionally especially when I'm working late or am doing something that isn't particularly inspiring
5. Writing down a quick bulletpoint list of the benefits of doing what I'm about to start working on is a great way to keep myself motivated.

 

[noellarkin]

adderall 9mbc vyvanse uridine, memantine, test, creatine, and decent nutrition.

these give me 8-16 hour days, everyday for months. some weeks will have a break day maybe even 2 days a week will have break day

an examine.com veteran? takes one to spot one lol
I used to do some of these but have cut down on supplement use over time.

 

[lifehero]

an examine.com veteran? takes one to spot one lol
I used to do some of these but have cut down on supplement use over time.

ehh i dont think i have ever really used that site. mainly studies and reddit

 

[BDZGroup]

Some great tips here. My own highest ROI tips would be:

1. Meditation session before starting work, primes me and gets me in the right state.
2. Standing desk keeps me more active and eliminates posture related issues.
3. Nootropics: piracetam is a safe, over the counter supplement that is a great pick-me-up on an empty stomach
4. Use music occasionally especially when I'm working late or am doing something that isn't particularly inspiring
5. Writing down a quick bulletpoint list of the benefits of doing what I'm about to start working on is a great way to keep myself motivated.

I think any modafinil will do the job. I just tested Modalert and really is good.