Thread by @curious500bc

Liban slept at 9pm last night, but could not sleep until an hour to hours later; this may have been failure to shut off the blue lights from his cellphone and computer; he fixed this by setting to them to shut off hours before his sleep time; he woke up feeling a bit tired.

To liban, work is workout; initially it is difficult, so you have to warm up before you exercise; even then if you have not been exercising for a while, you will face difficulties of sustaining exercise; in any case, everyone needs break from exercise to exercise again.

Liban feels discomfort when he is focusing to do assigned work; he notices it and continues the work; he no longer bows down to discomfort by quitting what he is doing; he marches forward with determination; this helps him build stamina to do even more work in the future .

Liban managed to listen to the humming sound( which is triggered desire to take deep breathing) , sat with upright spine and worked on chosen tasks; this is his preferred method of working because it allows him to relax while working, making work more tolerable if not enjoyable.

The method of work described above is contrasted with working while feeling discomfort & tension; the attending discomfort & tension will reward quitting work & doing something more enjoyable at the moment, e.g browsing the net. This is consistent with stress inoculation thesis.

People who use more of the eyes than ears may benefit from another method of fixing their eyes on a single point at a time while working on a project, one thing at a time. Liban does not know visually based substitute method for listening to the humming sound and its effects.

It appears to Liban that the humming sound listening activated observer self, a self that simply gathers information; because it focuses on a single point, it strengths focusing capacities of Liban and deepens tendencies to sustain focus on chosen or assigned tasks for long time

Liban sustained focus but did not take 17 minutes break to gain energy needed to work again productively. He will do now; he ate lunch and took a walk; it is beautiful outside here in twin cities areas.

Liban saw more evidence for this thesis: distraction on screen time is simply a way to deal with stressors such as boredom, tension, tiredness and so on; when your don’t screen time a lot, you face these stressors; Liban has used Tai chi and it worked; he shall focus chosen tasks

Liban did not do much work in the interim; taking breaks and doing tasks that he cannot remember; long time ago, he learned to take notes in order to write good paper. If he cannot remember what he did in the last two hours, how can he remember a day, month ago or a year ago.

Liban focused again on assigned tasks; gone are days his attention were claimed by others such as comedy shows, making him feel a little bit better; he does not need that anymore. His life does not need anymore pleasure, for pleasure to Liban is un-impeded natural activities.

This concludes the day ; Liban apparently made significant progress in the first hour, getting a lot of work done and then his attention was grabbed by comedy shows and he lacked capacity to quit and choose what to do and then do it ; he has not practiced these muscles.

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