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I know I am tired when....

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I get distracted from coding and I just randomly search the internet and I always find stupid stuff!!
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That sounds like me! :P I'm quite easily distracted it appears lol.
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I know it's a light hearted subject, But...

I would suggest planning what you're going to code and then make an estimate of how long that will take.

Than start your stop watch.

You will focus - or you will realise why maybe you leave projects half finished - it's because things take many multipliers more of time than initially estimated and your brain suddenly realises the project will take thousands of hours instead of hundreds. And it quits.
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It seems that it takes me many many hours to do something that is actually pretty simple. I'm fine with that as it still gets done and I learn something in the process.

You have a good idea there however Callan. :) That's generally why I have more vaporware/unfinished projects. I start something and then realize it would take too long and go on to something else. Lately, I've stopped myself from doing that as I want to pursue this career now instead of as a hobby. :P

However, even when I'm focused and hit an obstacle I ultimately get distracted. I go off to ponder how it could be done or search the internet for solutions and/or inspiration and later find myself searching for completely irrelevant things. :|

My advice and what works for me, is when you get to the point where your brain can't focus or doesn't want to do it anymore then take a small break and come back to it later. 8-) In the case that you realise that you've started something too big, break it down into smaller pieces or get some help.
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This happens to me all the time, tired or not. There is just too much cool $#@& on the Internet lol.
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Jackolantern wrote:This happens to me all the time, tired or not. There is just too much cool $#@& on the Internet lol.

Usually I am pretty productive. Today was the worst day ever. I havn't had a good night sleep in like a week and im just like staring at stuff like a zombie.
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Oddly enough, I will often be more productive when I was tired :P
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I know I need to sleep when i suddenly forget how to code. It was about midnight, and I decided to build a simple website, and I stayed almost 1 hour trying to include the jquery.js into the HTML... (With the script tags)
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vitinho444 wrote:I know I need to sleep when i suddenly forget how to code. It was about midnight, and I decided to build a simple website, and I stayed almost 1 hour trying to include the jquery.js into the HTML... (With the script tags)
Yup, that would be the time to get some sleep. I'm the same way in that regard.
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I work best early morning, almost right after waking up, for about 2-3 hours. Then I have another moment a few hours before bed where I am working at full capacity. Not sure why that is. Middle of the day is the worst time to work for me, which is when I'm at work, lol.
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