Comment by jessica-ism on Anti-Akrasia Technique: Structured Procrastination · 2009-11-13T10:52:03.074Z · LW · GW

You suggested this technique to me years ago -- and I am so glad you did! I like to keep one fun project that I can use for procrastinating, which I manage to get a lot of work done on before exams!

Also, I find that mindless tasks, like data entry of some sort, scratch the itch that Facebook scratches but are more productive. There's just something to that dopamine rush of click-reward, click-reward...