Has this ever happened to you recently?
Being a geek, I call this thrashing. In computer lingo, thrashing means when computer is running too many jobs to fit them all on its memory, and starts spending all its execution time reading/writing them out to disk.
It happens too often to admit. I have a to-do item that I want to cross out when I sat down in front of my machine. But by the time I regain my self-control, I realize that I was checking Twitter or browsing emails looking for a distraction, a reason not to focus on my to-do item.
It has become worse these days. It's because my device travels with me all most at all times. If I had a waterproof phone, I would probably find myself carrying it into the shower. Instead of making a choice to use the device, I have to make mental efforts to stop using it.
I am sure that I'm not the only one feeling this way. After all someone thought it happens often enough to create a comic.
I'm going to think about how this constant distraction is affecting my productivity over the weekend. I just need sometime where I can be without any distraction.
Hmm... I wonder if anyone tweeted about this. Let me check. I'll be right back.
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Being a geek, I call this thrashing. In computer lingo, thrashing means when computer is running too many jobs to fit them all on its memory, and starts spending all its execution time reading/writing them out to disk.
It happens too often to admit. I have a to-do item that I want to cross out when I sat down in front of my machine. But by the time I regain my self-control, I realize that I was checking Twitter or browsing emails looking for a distraction, a reason not to focus on my to-do item.
It has become worse these days. It's because my device travels with me all most at all times. If I had a waterproof phone, I would probably find myself carrying it into the shower. Instead of making a choice to use the device, I have to make mental efforts to stop using it.
I am sure that I'm not the only one feeling this way. After all someone thought it happens often enough to create a comic.
I'm going to think about how this constant distraction is affecting my productivity over the weekend. I just need sometime where I can be without any distraction.
Hmm... I wonder if anyone tweeted about this. Let me check. I'll be right back.
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