On: I Got My Attention Back (2017)

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> On your laptop (assuming you use Mac or Linux) add social media and other frequently visited non-productivity related sites to your /etc/hosts file.

NT has a hosts file, they just stuck it somewhere in system32.

[rideontime → yjftsjthsd-h]

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Had to stick reddit and hackernews in there on my work PC long ago.

[asdfman123 → rideontime]

I tried that but I'm such an addict I changed it back.

A better solution for me is a chrome extension that blocks it for 20 minutes at a time. Long enough to make decent progress and get started on work, but no so long that I resent it and give up.