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Thanks HN

If you're in an environment where watching Hulu all day is acceptable, find an environment where it isn't. I practically guarantee it's all you'll need. (tdavis on HN)

That was the answer to my procrastination. For me. Today.

I grabbed my bike.

15 minutes later:

The brand new Grimm-Zentrum in Berlin-Mitte.

Berlin's masterpiece of an university library, a real spaceship, first time here, sitting at the center table on the third floor.

It worked so well, I worked so well. Not being a student anymore I totally forgot how relieving a quite library could be—lightyears better than all the shabby co-working spaces. A clean green table with a soft rubber touch, just my Macbook and me. No single second of procrastination. I did five Pomodoro units in a row until I faced new distractions.

Female students.

 

Photo: Stefan Müller

 

At the End of a Procrastinated Day

Procrastination is the worst feeling ever. Sitting there, staring at the screen. Watching web videos—a full two-hours stupid documentation and not enjoying one second of it. Then, surfing the web once more. Refreshing Hacker News and my four favorite news sites in rotation, every minute—all the goddamn day. And my work is just one Command-Tab away. Even my new 3.99-Pomodoro-app won't bring me back to work.

Getting me some water from the kitchen. After all, some movement away from Chrome and thousands of open tabs. Eating a banana and listening to music which I just bought somewhere in the net.

I've still no clue why humans procastrinate. It feels so bad and I know I'd feel better if I was working again.

But I won't.