Every time I'm having a hard time to motivate myself to work on things I just grab my laptop and move to a different room. It kinda resets my brain 'cause the environment has changed. I heard people recommend to rearrange your furniture from time to time for the same reason. - ThreadSky

tsoding.bsky.social • 186 days ago

Every time I'm having a hard time to motivate myself to work on things I just grab my laptop and move to a different room. It kinda resets my brain 'cause the environment has changed. I heard people recommend to rearrange your furniture from time to time for the same reason.

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nstlgy.dev•185 days ago

I do the same! And changing the environment actually helps alot

warhorse1.bsky.social•186 days ago

If I changed the furniture I would get lost

413x1nkp.bsky.social•185 days ago

this used to work for me too, but not anymore it seems

tsoding.bsky.social•185 days ago

Visited all the rooms ( ._.)

413x1nkp.bsky.social•185 days ago

exactly! :)

sjkr.bsky.social•185 days ago

I dress differently. Sometime I wear more conventional male clothes, other times woman clothes. Does the same for me. You should try it too!

scribblz.bsky.social•186 days ago

ikr, like with adhd (or just in life), you just don't get productive in familiar environments.

deamplified.com•186 days ago

idk why this works so well. basically optimized my whole system so I can be productive on a single laptop screen after I realized the boost I get from moving around all day

moakif.bsky.social•186 days ago

I'd love to know what that optimization entailed, as a fellow single laptop screen dude!

svfoxat.bsky.social•184 days ago

can confirm that rearranging your furniture helps - did this every ~6months for the last ~5 years. Maybe it was just procastinating but it helped.

linkion.bsky.social•186 days ago

I’ll have to try this when I’m studying my mathematics

nothinggirl469.bsky.social•185 days ago

As a neurodivergent person, tysm for the advice 😅😭😭

tibfox.bsky.social•185 days ago

Same! Especially those tasks that need focus I jump from couch to desk (different room). Often I lose focus there again and move back to the couch lol but: It works!

lkuty.bsky.social•185 days ago

I also tried to go in the middle of a forest with a battery pack for the phone (Internet access through 4G, 5G) and my laptop. But that time there was too much wind to be able to concentrate efficiently (20 km/h and wind gust of 50 km/h). Will do it again as I love to be outside.

hello-nature.bsky.social•186 days ago

I have heard that walking through a doorway does something to your brain. We tend to leave stuff behind when we cross a threshold. Hence, that is why a lot of times we don’t remember why we went into a certain room.

ktoks.bsky.social•186 days ago

I was going to say this.
I use it all the time. Especially when I'm stressed.

samalrasmussen.bsky.social•185 days ago

I know a neuroscientist who studied this in mice. It's because the same brain center and brain cells do memory and sense place. Basically all our memories are rooted in places. So leaving a place also means leaving the associated memories.

jobochess.bsky.social•185 days ago

as an ADHDer, I absolutely recommend furniture rearrangement. It completely reinvigorates the feeling of the space. It’s new again and for me, my motivation is re-upped.

zex99.bsky.social•186 days ago

Yes. It works well. Your brain goes to same mode you were in your location (perceived by your senses like eyes and smells) and if you change these senses your brain reacts differently to that state and tries new connections through your neurons. This is my understanding from how neurons work.

hippietrail.bsky.social•186 days ago

It's called "fresh perspectives". You can level it up by moving to a café. Level up again by moving to a new café you never visited before. Level it up again by sticking your laptop in a backpack and visiting a different country.

tsoding.bsky.social•186 days ago

ewww crowded places... yikies!

hippietrail.bsky.social•186 days ago

Find the unpopular ones. As a bonus... bad coffee!