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I find it helpful to externalize my self-control, and one of my favorite tools for that is the ironically named OSX app "SelfControl." Essentially, the app modifies your host file to block certain domains for X amount of time.

All of my regular distractions are in the block list, and if/when I get frustrated with myself, I turn the app on and voila - 12 hours of inaccessibility. This limits my infotainment to an hour at day at most.

(Of course, there is always the phone, but I find it easier to not get lost in it. There's also an app called "forest" which gameifies not opening the phone, which I turn on if I know the meeting I'm going into is dull.)



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