#STAYFOCUSED FIREFOX TRIAL#

So instead of bouncing back between Twitter and the word document you’re working on, just take a break. It is around that 90 minute mark when that “itch” to visit your favorite blog sets in. This 90 minute maximum is based on our “ultradian rhythm”, which dictates our energy levels. Much in line with my experience, researcher suggests that after 90 minutes of work, your brain requires a break. In my experience, after around two hours of diligent work and intense focus, I either feel like my brain is going to explode all over my desk or I’m in desperate need of a Hershey’s bar. In an ideal world, we’d be able to sit down for an entire work day and produce A+ quality work at all times – but we all know that is certainly (and sadly) not the case. If you do this, you will always have a set, prioritized way to start off each time you sit down at your computer. Then, customize your browser settings to have email and Feedly open every time you start your browser. If you do this in combination with a tool like CMTB, you will be forced to deal with the pre-programmed tabs before you can open any new ones.įor example, have CMTB allow a maximum of two tabs. If you’re willing to go that extra mile to ensure tabs don’t get the best of your productivity, I suggest customizing which sites open by default when your browser starts. The Controlled Multi-Tab Browsing plugin allows you to set a limit to how many tabs you can have open. All of a sudden your train ride home seems much less boring, doesn’t it? If for some reason you’re not as into Pocket as I am, other comparable options are Instapaper and Readability. And the best part? Once you’ve “pocketed” something, you can retrieve it without an internet connection. My preferred way of doing this is using Pocket – with a simple click on the bookmarklet, you can add videos, news articles, blog posts, and pretty much anything to Pocket for future viewing and/or reading. The solution is very simple: bookmark it. So what do you do? You don’t want to miss out on the interesting and informative content others are posting, but you’ll most likely forget to look for it later. But I have to tell you – I put this theory to the test, and it worked. When I read his article, the first thing that popped into my mind was “Two tabs? Impossible!”. This rule is founded on the principle that the majority of people can remember 5-8 pieces of information without taking a toll on their cognitive capacity. Point blank: wildfire has nothing on tabs when it comes to how fast it spreads.Ĭharlie Gilkey from Productive Flourishing suggests following “The Two-Tab Rule” for maximum focus and creativity. The problem that arises with this approach is that the more tabs you have open, the more likely you are going to click on them – first you start reading one blog post, which then directs you to another blog post, which directs you to a Youtube link, and before you know it you’ve added three more tabs to the six you had before. It is so easy to scroll through your Twitter feed, come across six interesting links, and open each of them in a different tab to read later.

Tabs are arguably the number one cause of distraction.

#STAYFOCUSED FIREFOX TRIAL#

So, after much trial and error, I discovered a few tips and tricks to help avoid the “Social Media Time Trap”. I needed to make some changes, and fast.

Tracking how much time you spend on Facebook is like counting calories – the numbers are guaranteed to temporarily stop your heart.Time Tracker revealed I was spending an average of three hours a day on Facebook.Īfter reality set in, two thoughts came to mind: Then, I downloaded the Time Tracker plugin for Chrome to (as the name suggests) keep track of the time I spent on Facebook.Īnd lastly, I compared the theoretical time I should be spending to the actual time I was spending on Facebook. So, as any true fan of Bill Nye the Science Guy would, I decided to conduct an experiment.įirst, I decided how much time I needed to spend on Facebook each day for work related purposes (I decided on 30 minutes). This was all good and well – until reality set in, and I realized that a large portion of my time on Facebook wasn’t actually spent doing work. My story goes something like this: When I first started doing the marketing for Rival IQ, I had to spend a good amount of time managing our social profiles. $(inputSelector).As usual, Bart had to learn the hard way. Is there a way to force an input in a panel to stay focused. I'm running into an issue where if a focus even is fired of by javascript on the current window's page it steals focus from my addons input.

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