You can measure my productivity by how slouched I am.

Sitting up straight at my desk, chair locked, perfect posture? I’m doing nothing, maybe looking through System Preferences to change the system highlight color.

Sliding down in my chair like jelly, with my shoulders where my butt should be and my head resting on the lumbar support? I’m building the next iPhone and it’ll be done by 2 AM.

▲

globile 5 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It would be much more interesting that the system blur when it finds we drift from being "in the zone".

"I'm going to quickly shift from my terminal to this chrome tab to check this documentation but while it loads I'll get a dopamine hit from X."

Blur the screen and help me get back on track...

	▲	quinnjh a minute ago \| parent [-]
		it will be interesting to see as these tools emerge to what extent the undercontrolled behavior is a piece of a larger cycle of attention and context mgmt, or if all of that time can be nudged back into the zone

▲

bahmboo 5 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That’s funny, but this is about physical health not productivity. I’m guessing you are relatively young. Desk jobs are tough on the body!

▲

jaccola 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Funny, I’m the same. I also like taking walks to think but I’ve found that I must have my head pointing almost directly down (I.e. looking at my feet). It’s also how I stand thinking in the shower, with the warm water hitting my angled neck. Maybe something beneficial about that position of the neck, or maybe just habit!

I will also have conversations in my head during my walk, I’ve done this my whole life and I’m not sure to this day whether my lips move during these or not. In any case, I must get some funny looks with head bolted to the ground mumbling to myself…

	▲	wowzaa 38 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		In my case, though walks help declutter my mind somewhat, for deeper thoughts, I have to write it down sitting or laying in the bed in the worst of positions. Thinking too deeply while walking only leaves me anxious in the end as I tend to get sidetracked a lot in conversation and always have to restart the conversation over and over again.
	▲	j45 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Wear earbuds like you’re on call or recording something

▲

collingreen 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is how things get built for me as well. I have a standing desk and like using it occasionally but if you see me standing at it you can bet I'm doing something typical like emails or chat and not thinking deeply.

▲

dgxyz 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

My productivity is generally measured in how much time I sit on the porcelain thinking throne first.

	▲	jacobkranz 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Truer words have never been spoken. That and planning out your day & thinking through problems in the shower.
	▲	rr808 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I never understood this. Is this why the cubicles are always full in the office? WTF I go in there take a dump and leave while the people on each side are just silent the whole time. I can think of much better places to think.