(Un)Productivity: Observations and Fixes
Note: I am writing this article as a 15 year old, from the perspective of a 15 year old. I originally wrote this for my AoPS blog , where the readers are mainly middle and high school students. For the past two days I have done about 4 hardish physics questions per whole empty summer day of studying (think ~12 hours). These questions should take around 30–60 minutes each. Obviously, this is not good. Like really not good. I have tried to combat this by turning in my electronics to my parents, using only my iPad for study streaming on Twitch . This was an attempt to hold myself accountable by simulating the feeling of being watched. The intention was to encourage myself to be more productive while studying. I shared the link with my parents so that they can yell at me to focus from across the house if I zone out. But unfortunately, it didn’t work as well as I hoped. However, I definitely think staring out a window is better than staring at a screen. So I thought about why, and how...