The Law of the Farm

Trying to overcome my chronic procrastination, I've come across some amazing books. One of them is "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Steven Covey.

I have a list of all 7 habits literally at arms length on my desk and look at it once in a while...

The Habit Autopilot

The excellent Wait But Why blog has an article on procrastination. Tim Urban explains three forces that drive us to do stuff

• rational decision maker
• instant gratification monkey
• panic monster

I think there is another force we need to know...

Wait But Why

A very smart, meta, and insightful blog I recommend is waitbutwhy.com

Take a peek and read

• The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence

• The Fermi Paradox about intelligent life in our universe

• Tim Urban's Ted Talk

Solar Flaring

Some work gets stuck because I can't get my ass in gear. Years ago I came across a blog post that changed my life:

http://www.asianefficiency.com/motivation/solar-flaring-to-overcome-procrastination/

You might know that feeling when you don't want...