We all have our techniques.
You’re a one of a kind gem mate; a 6 screen workstation situated in the family living room and somehow you can focus on getting the job done! When I’m at home, I think I spend most of my time growling at the wife and kids for interrupting me and then feeling like a **** for neglecting them. I don’t know how you do it
It's how my wife and I grew up. We're both loners by nature who learned to take care of ourselves early. We enjoy each other's company but we both do fine apart and we've learned to tune things out and focus when we need to do something.
Our children are the same way, but that's mainly because their parents (us) are loners.
I don't disagree that everyone has a different method for dealing with distractions. I'm also not saying that my way is the only way. I didn't mean to imply that at all. You've found a way and it works for you and that's great.
All I was trying to say was that, in general, I have noticed that there seems to be a lack of self-control or discipline or inability to focus in today's society. There will always be distractions. And you can't always mitigate or get rid of them. Learning to tune-out is a life skill.
I suppose it could be argued that this is a form of discipline because you are choosing to use things that force you to focus. And if that is what some people need, then okay. But I do think that if you can learn to tune-out and focus just on your own it's a valuable thing.
The employers I've worked for have certainly seemed to appreciate my focus.
That's all I am trying to say. And to tie it all back to the topic, this is why I choose to use a specific range of PowerPC Macs that aren't so old that they become distraction free just because they can't use certain things newer Macs can.
As to coffee, I'm sorry. I can't forgive you for that
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How does that come down to self-control? "compensating for a lack of self-control" feels contradictory, since the compensation in the context is a measure of self-control. More like "compensating for low concentration/energy" or something of the sort.
And moving away from distractions to get things done is not something I see as avoidance, since what to not avoid in this case is getting your work done. Usually that can be a point of pride.
It should be "as long as you tackle your tasks it's pretty much okay". To me your post speaks of personal preference instead of of an individual's capacity. Everyone's different, of course.
I do something comparable. When I have to write, read or work on something I like to do it on an old machine, usually my favorite beige power macintosh with an apple ext. kb. Just because "I really like this machine" it makes the experience of getting work done a lot better.
My point was that I can use a current Mac to focus on a job and get it done.
A current Mac can provide me all the distractions anyone could have, but my self-control and discipline on focusing on the job causes me not to use the Mac for those distractions. Rather the ability to use the device as I need helps me.
I've learned to ignore that temptation, or at the very least leverage it to my advantage. Often when I am doing things, I WANT access to the internet or the ability to do other things because I need to look something up. Or I need to do this or that.
Not being able to do those things is a problem to me and I tend to try and fix my problems before I continue. That makes the inability of a device to do something I need it to do a distraction. So, having a device that can't do things is 'distraction free' for others but a 'problem' to me.
