Before that I couldn’t concentrate long enough to read a book; had only finished a couple in my whole life. After I could read War and Peace in Russian for hours on end without stopping no problem.
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Where specifically? Good or bad memories overall?
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Донецк, Харьков, Макеевка, Горловка. It was hard, but I loved it.
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You don't just start a story and skip to the punchline. What were you doing in Ukraine? Why only 30 minutes a week? What was the programming life like before ubiquitous, always-on Internet?
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Two year service mission when I was 19 in (what was then) Ukraine. I didn’t program before that.
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There is an episode of the NPR podcast "Hidden Brain" that discusses the research behind deep work & avoiding distraction. It backs your anecdote very nicely.https://www.npr.org/2017/07/25/539092670/you-2-0-the-value-of-deep-work-in-an-age-of-distraction …
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I started putting my phone in airplane mode & stashing it early evening, not touching it till around lunchtime next day. I thought it would take a while for the positive effects, literally right away I could absorb material faster, focus better, and sleep way better. Amazing.
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Interesting. After having been raised in a home where we had a library and no TV, I am starting to miss the utter peace of evening time - with a book and some tea in a cozy spot. I'm trying to return to that.
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Have really started to notice this a lot in the last 2 years…twitter is probably one of the major culprits.
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Definitely noticed this in St. Helena as well - hardly any Internet available and it's really expensive. I was online for maybe 30 minutes a day at most and started being a lot more aware of my surroundings.
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You get what you focus on consistently, after all.
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