What are your top workflow 'blockers'?
By david_reinstein @ 2021-05-20T21:01 (+11)
Asked on twitter here
What are the top things that get in the way of your doing productive research or work?
I was thinking of a rough categorization...
- Motivation and demotivation
- I’m not good enough
- This is pointless
- This is endless
- Distractors (internal)
- Nerd-sniping
- Fun/attractors
- Anxiety
- Distractors (external)
- Interruptions
- Urgent requests
- Fear of missing out/jealousy
- Fatigue/physical things
Guillaume_Chauvat @ 2021-05-21T09:04 (+9)
I think most of 1 and 2. But also, on a larger scale, something related to the Peter principle can happen: I spend way more time doing things that I'm not motivated for, because those are the ones I get stuck on. The fun parts are over more quickly.
david_reinstein @ 2021-05-22T14:57 (+2)
Or maybe these are the mediators and not the prime movers. When I am in certain mental states most of the problems that I mention above can become much more severe or they can disappear entirely.