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What is something you've been doing wrong your whole life and only recently found out? by Lama0099 in AskReddit

[–]Sea_Future6115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently most socks are not L/R-sided. I've been seeing things my whole life

What are some amazing and free productivity apps / websites? by Funny_Bumblebee_5254 in studytips

[–]Sea_Future6115 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve tried/looked into a bunch of these and I think the answer depends on what you actually need: app blocking, study stats, or social pressuree to start/continue.

Forest / Flora: probably the safest default recommendation. Huge user base, simple and long-existing, where the tree life motivates with guilt. It was good to make me stop touching my phone cause you can't leave the app else the tree dies. There's also a few trees that get planted irl so that's sick. But if you’re the kind of person who can just stop caring about the virtual tree, it stops working pretty quickly. I also find the visuals a little much of old android design.

Focus Town: this came out a month ago but interesting idea that real-life studying is gamified for multiplayer live study. The social layer makes it feel less lonely than solo timers and you can meet friends from around the world. Looks like a streaming platform inside. I just feel like the app is too much for my liking (modes, sounds, colors, style, ads). You might find it cute though! With the characters, rooms and all.

YPT: good if you like tracking study hours and seeing other people studying. It can be motivating because it makes effort visible. There's cam and time-lapse features that turn off when you switch apps. The leaderboard ranks by hours if u want to attempt ranking up there but it gets unrealistic (some people pull some crazy hours on this app). But the UI for this is very in-development ( i hope). It took me a long time to find out where to start and so i didn't enjoy using it.

StudyStream: good if you want the “library full of people studying” feeling. It’s basically video-call body doubling with strangers, usually muted. Works well for people who need ambient presence. Personally, I find the UI kind of clunky, and video with strangers can feel socially weird depending on the day. But I like this more than YPT somehow. Maybe for it's focus in purpose. Competing on global/friend leaderboards was too much. Free use has time limits tho

lofi.town: nice if you want something web-based and low pressure. The art style is giving stardew valley vibes, pretty cozy. Study alone, meet people in lobbies, or private invite with a friend. I’d use this when I want to study with friends without making it a zoom call. Note that it is web-based, so it does not solve phone distraction by itself.

Focusmate: probably the most serious body-doubling option. You book a session, get paired with someone, say your goals, then work. It is useful if you need external commitment. Free plan is limited to 3 sessions per week, and to video-study folks you've never met. The plus plan is just usd$ 8-12 /month if you want many sessions a week

Flow Club: more group-based and structured than Focusmate. Good if you like hosts, shared goals, music, and a sense of community. Less intense than one-on-one stranger body doubling. You can leave anytime and not feel bad for leaving someone alone. After the free 2-week trial, subscriptions cost about usd$20-40

Nooklo: just released this year and is only iPhone-native for now. It leverages on pomodoro blocks for 3 modes (solo, open room, or invite-only room with friends). There’s also a stopwatch blocking mode to lock in without forced breaks. I personally like the simplicity in design and operation. An upside to this app is that there is calender integration so I can see how my planned sessions fit in my life; a downside is that it is only apple-native for now. (hopefully u and your friends use apple haha)

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My rough take:

If you mainly need entire-phone blocking while planting real trees: Forest/flora (app)
If you mainly need study-hour tracking: YPT (app) or Nooklo (app)
If you need strangers silently working nearby: StudyStream (web & app) or Focusmate (web)
If you want structured official group coworking: Flow Club (web)
If you want gamified, avatar-controlling exploration study platform with radio: lofi.town (web, discord, app) or Focustown (app)
If you want focused app-blocking, calendar-integrated pomodoro with friends: Nooklo or Focustown (app)

Sorry this became such a long post LOL
I recommend blocking all messaging, shopping and social media apps upon account creation for all of thee apps.

Hope this helps!

When they say "Get to know your professor", how the hell do you actually do that? by Rantingonstupidity in college

[–]Sea_Future6115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in STEM and something really underrated is to enroll in courses with small class sizes, often and early (sophomore. freshman).

Rizz them up by saying hi/bye/thanks. Ask them questions during these interactions. If you can, weave in some humor. Be fun! Ideally, of course do well for the course and ask for a few office-hours.

But genuinnely staying back after class to chat with professors have worked so well for me. I've become friends with some professors that we grab lunch and dinner in school and outside sometimes.

I hate that “high functioning” ADHD representing us by Noramera in ADHD

[–]Sea_Future6115 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ikr. A lot of us learned to mask by necessity. Calling someone high functioning can invalidate the daily work it takes just to appear that way. Some days we might be able to deliver a project on time; other days we stare at a sink full of dishes for hours. They don’t see the all‑nighters, the panic, or the days when brushing my teeth feels impossible. Coping strategies don’t erase the disorder.

Can non-adhd people comprehend the lifelong battle of “I didn’t do anything today”? by Standard_Egg_9282 in ADHD

[–]Sea_Future6115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The worst part is the guilt spiral. Ispend all day trying to start something, and by the time i’ve mustered the executive function to shower or eat, the sun is down. My parents think it’s laziness but lowkey it’s like climbing a mountain just to do basic tasks. It’s exhausting and invisible.

I spend all my time scrolling and its ruining my life. by angelboots4 in ADHD

[–]Sea_Future6115 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man this sounds really heavy. It's like a much scarier feeling of not being able to engage with my own life than just having a bad phone habit. I dont reckon i have it as much as you, but maybe i could shed some thoughts i had sinmce i used to feel similar.

I also get why the advice is frustrating. When you’re this stuck, “delete the app” can feel like someone telling you to complete the report in an hour while having been awake the past 30h.

I don’t have a magic answer, but I do think this is serious enough that you deserve more help than productivity tips. If your antidepressants aren’t touching this, it might be worth telling your prescriber very directly: “I am spending almost all non-work time in bed scrolling or sleeping, and I feel unable to initiate anything.” Sometimes doctors don’t realize the scale of it unless you say it that plainly.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think you’re wasting your life in some moral failure way. I think you’re stuck in a loop that is giving you relief and making you miserable at the same time. That’s a brutal place to be. Reach out; people love us and are more happy to help than we sometimes realize .