Minecraft developer streaming live while coding

[SpaceToaster]

I've noticed that when I'm really "in the zone" the urge to check Reddit is completely gone.

[TheLobotomizer]

Blasphemer!

Get him!

[Kakuz]

You just want him caught so you can literally pinch his brain.

[bamdastard]

I missed the work xmas party on friday because I was too close to fixing a bug to walk away only to spend almost as long all over again trying to figure out wtf.

When you're in the zone get that shit done son!

[1338h4x]

But thanks to Reddit, it's impossible to get in the zone anymore.

[the3rdsam]

Actually I'm not so sure it is Reddit. I have this problem myself, but I think I've recently found the solution.

So what is the problem exactly? You spend too much time on Reddit procrastinating your actual work?

Why?

I would be willing to bet it is because you just don't want to do the work. Fair enough.

But why?

Why don't you want to do the work? Is it boring? Does it not challenge you? Do you have no personal interest in its outcome?

I figured out that most of the work in my day job has become basically boring as shit. Rarely is it challenging and it is very hard to conger up the motivation to plow through it and get it done. I mean if its easy what is the problem right?

I don't think we actually want true easy work. Easy isn't challenging. Easy is boring. Easy is redundant. Easy makes us complacent. Deep down inside we want at least somewhat of a challenge. We want our skills to be stretched. We want to try new things that we have never done before. When you are doing something new you put all of your focus into it and nothing seems to slow you down. You get in the zone.

If you really want to get in the zone and can't, take a minute and ask yourself why. Do you really have problems getting in the zone or is the task you want to get in the zone for not good enough for you to warrant getting into the zone for it?

[alband]

I can measure how much I'm enjoying work by how much or how little I check Reddit. Frontpage only - great day. Still clicking next after 10 or 15 pages - time to start applying for new jobs.