For the past year I've spent mornings with the WiFi off—amazing how much reliable deep states of focus are for me that way.
Great for writing, sketching, data analysis… but Figma! Figma makes me turn the WiFi on! Amazing what a difference that makes in how deep I get (or not).
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I was really excited to learn this morning that if I turn the WiFi on for just a minute and open the Figma document, then I can turn it off again and it'll save the offline work and sync up later. Will be interesting to see in my working journals how much diff that makes.
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Funny how much of a monkey I am; so helpless. Sure, yes, many years of meditation make me more likely to notice grasping impulses… but having the WiFi on is still so much worse for a certain kind of deliberate work than having it off.
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twitter.com/zhayitong/stat This is a good strategy! I do this too! But, I'll tell myself, I need to gather some visual reference… I need to see how X app does this interaction. Then 2 hours later…
No! I don't! If I *couldn't*, I'd be fine without. But be cause I *can*…
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I use the self control app and block pretty much anything other than Google docs and Figma
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I like setting timers for this sort of thing—OK, fine, I need to look at reference Y. If, five minutes from now, I still think I need that, then OK, I'm allowed!
I pair that with an Alfred command that turns the WiFi on for a fixed duration, then off again ("wifi 3" for 3 min)
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I use the self control app and block pretty much anything other than Google docs and Figma
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Matt and I have been doing what we call "Homework Time" on mornings 9am-1pm (weekends for me; he's between jobs so every day for him!). No internet. Can't pre-commit how you'll spend the time, gotta follow what's live. It's a bit like a sabbath! It's a BIG upgrade for us both.
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(The name is bc going about one's daily living without reflecting generates ideas/feelings that need to be processed or acted on before they're "integrated", like a stack of homework; being caught up on one's "homework of the self" is a viscerally more easeful state!)
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You already know this I think, but if you open the files you need in Figma and then disconnects, it works (and even has auto merge when you go back online.)
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I like to “set up” my space too. Shortcuts is great for this kind of thing. I have one i run at the end of the day that closes, hides, and opens different apps. Also set the blinds and lights in the physical workspace too.
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