Comments on: The Procrastination Enabler http://maclawstudents.com/blog/not-mac-specific/the-procrastination-enabler/ Macintosh + Law School Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:12:26 -0400 hourly 1 By: Spencer Lindsay http://maclawstudents.com/blog/not-mac-specific/the-procrastination-enabler/comment-page-1/#comment-14290 Spencer Lindsay Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:46:56 +0000 http://maclawstudents.com/blog/not-mac-specific/the-procrastination-enabler/#comment-14290 Congrats to the both of you! I also bailed on the unseeing eye around 2001 when in became clear that I was paying someone to come barging in on my conversations and start yelling about something they wanted to sell me. That and the grotesque sales of 911 merch pushed me over the edge. Something I never got though; and a lot of people do this; how can you keep the TV on for "background noise"? This baffles me to no end. TV is so full of surprising noises, flashing lights and raised voices, I'd feel like I was doing time in an asylum if I had that going all day... maybe it's just what one is used to or something.. Congrats to the both of you! I also bailed on the unseeing eye around 2001 when in became clear that I was paying someone to come barging in on my conversations and start yelling about something they wanted to sell me. That and the grotesque sales of 911 merch pushed me over the edge.

Something I never got though; and a lot of people do this; how can you keep the TV on for “background noise”? This baffles me to no end. TV is so full of surprising noises, flashing lights and raised voices, I’d feel like I was doing time in an asylum if I had that going all day… maybe it’s just what one is used to or something..

]]> By: Erik Schmidt http://maclawstudents.com/blog/not-mac-specific/the-procrastination-enabler/comment-page-1/#comment-11570 Erik Schmidt Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:20:11 +0000 http://maclawstudents.com/blog/not-mac-specific/the-procrastination-enabler/#comment-11570 Scott, I think you hit the nail on the head. It's really about watching what you want to watch, when you want to watch it. I don't want to give anyone the false idea that I don't enjoy watching shows or movies from time to time. But for me the key is taking away those random bits of TV-watching that suck up time to no good end. As for classical music, I find it can be excellent for studying. iTunes even has playlists of classical music specifically for studying. Scott,

I think you hit the nail on the head. It’s really about watching what you want to watch, when you want to watch it. I don’t want to give anyone the false idea that I don’t enjoy watching shows or movies from time to time. But for me the key is taking away those random bits of TV-watching that suck up time to no good end.

As for classical music, I find it can be excellent for studying. iTunes even has playlists of classical music specifically for studying.

]]> By: Scott http://maclawstudents.com/blog/not-mac-specific/the-procrastination-enabler/comment-page-1/#comment-11551 Scott Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:13:56 +0000 http://maclawstudents.com/blog/not-mac-specific/the-procrastination-enabler/#comment-11551 This is a great article and I completely agree. OK, so I officially don't sit in my first law school class for another 18 hours, but nevertheless, with my transition to a new city I also chose to forego cable television. By the way, my cable installer also found it very odd that I was getting internet but no television. I can't say that I've cut quite as much as you have. I still have a TV and I use an AppleTV in conjunction to watch from my store of enormous amounts of archived movies and TV shows from mine and my girlfriend's extensive DVD collection. But I still feel like I'm avoiding a huge distraction: I don't turn the TV on when I'm studying. For background noise, I'm forcing myself to switch to classical music. When I do want to watch a show, though, I watch the show I want, when I want to watch it, using the AppleTV. I watch it without commercials, so 20 minutes later I'm ready to be productive again. So I guess I'm with you halfway. I don't think I'd stay sane if I got rid of my television altogether, but I did get rid of cable, and I'm much happier because of it. This is a great article and I completely agree. OK, so I officially don’t sit in my first law school class for another 18 hours, but nevertheless, with my transition to a new city I also chose to forego cable television. By the way, my cable installer also found it very odd that I was getting internet but no television.

I can’t say that I’ve cut quite as much as you have. I still have a TV and I use an AppleTV in conjunction to watch from my store of enormous amounts of archived movies and TV shows from mine and my girlfriend’s extensive DVD collection. But I still feel like I’m avoiding a huge distraction: I don’t turn the TV on when I’m studying. For background noise, I’m forcing myself to switch to classical music. When I do want to watch a show, though, I watch the show I want, when I want to watch it, using the AppleTV. I watch it without commercials, so 20 minutes later I’m ready to be productive again.

So I guess I’m with you halfway. I don’t think I’d stay sane if I got rid of my television altogether, but I did get rid of cable, and I’m much happier because of it.

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