Breaking Up With Bad Habits: How I Finally Stopped Procrastinating Online

作为互联网的人形生物，we have a love problem。

We're obsessed. Stuck in a one-sided relationship. We put in hours upon hours, only to receive nothing in return. It's so frustrating. We可以专注于其他地方，但我们无法摆脱困境。

• "Did anyone comment on what I shared?"
• "Oh, that looks interesting. I'll just read this one article... "
• "LOL that was hilarious. I gotta share that now."

We are in madly in love with distracting ourselves.

但是，障碍不是社交媒体本身，而是result社交媒体 -Black Hole Browsing。

黑洞浏览是21世纪最引人注目的心理成瘾，没人在谈论（可能是因为我刚刚编写了名字）。这是互联网的瘟疫，通过无情的周期吸引了我们的思想的生产力，并进入了Facebook新闻源。bob官网官方网站

Take Facebook for example. First, we share something. Second, we check to see if it got any Likes or comments. Third, we tell ourselves, "Oh I'll check my feed, just for a second..."

接下来我们知道，我们在文章，视频和BuzzFeed列表的在线深渊中损失了45分钟。

Eventually, we escape the powerful force of the consumption black hole, where habitual procrastinators (I'm a recovering addict) are stuck, by sharing our hilarious/informative/shocking content we discovered ...只是要重新开始周期。

当我让大脑爆炸时，请快速保持真实的态度。

什么样的恶梦。但是好消息。bob官网官方网站周期能够停止，永久切断我们不良的浏览习惯。不，它不依赖意志力（因为我们都知道它的工作状况如何）。

Rather, a FREE tool, which can be setup in 30 seconds.

MeetStayfocusd- the website-blocking Google Chrome extension that has saved me hours, if not days or weeks, of wasted time. No longer do I feel hopelessly free falling into the productivity-sucking, procrastination-inducing black hole that we like to call the internet.

Stayfocusdblocks distracting websites after a set amount of time, breaking the Black Hole Browsing cycle entirely. After the daily clock expires, I get this beautiful message:

Why yes, my productivy tool sent from heaven. I should be working. You are amazing and I love you.

Blocking distracting websites interupts the检查社交媒体通知的心理冲动，这会导致对新闻源的“仅此一次”检查，这导致了45分钟的无意识浏览。bob官网官方网站

After downloading StayFocusd from the Chrome store, it can be set up in three easy steps.

Step 1: Write down all websites that distract you.

Websites that distract me most, causing Black Hole Browsing, are Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google Trends, and upvote-based websites such as reddit, Hacker News, or我nbound.org。因此，我相应地设置了我的住宿。

这是否意味着我永远不会分心？Um, no. I am still human. BUT, itsignificantly降低浏览干扰，即使没有完全消除它们。

Does that mean I never read?Ha, no. I consume blogs like Popeye consumes spinach. All the time.然而，我已经设定了创建（即撰写本文）和消费期（即听我当前的听觉书籍或保存在我的阅读文章中）的设定期限口袋).

步骤2：设置允许的最大时间全部网站each day.

I set my maximum time allowed to 10 minutes per day, which blocks全部网站listed. This forces me to move quickly when checking Facebook, Twitter notifications, Linkedin requests, the headlines on Google Trends, and upvoted articles websites.

If something looks intriguing, I'll save to Pocket for later.

10 minutes too little? Cool. Work your way down. Start at an hour. It doesn't matter.重要的是你startsomewhere。

Step 3: Set active days and hours websites are blocked.

我每周的每一天都会封锁网页。

为什么？我不想浪费任何我的生活无意识地在线浏览，而不仅仅是工作日的工作时间。

Instead, 24/7 Black Hole Browsing blockage forces me to focus on things that areactually我mportant, both professionally and personally. Professionally, I focus on writing these blog posts (!), listening to your feedback, and analyzing data.

激光专注于重要的专业任务，然后让我有更多时间享受我喜欢的个人活动，例如与家人和朋友一起闲逛，写作，弹钢琴和冲浪（在水中而不是网络）。

Finally, play around with other minor features.

Honestly, you only need those three steps to use the app. There are other features, but they're minor and easily configurable.

关键是...开始。去下载应用程序。

Afterward, you canactually完成一些重要的工作（这是一个免费的模板）。