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How to be Consistent when Learning? Do this exercise.

Manea Adrian on May 29, 2019

I also made a video on this topic, so if you prefer to watch instead of reading 🤓 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vznNct98OqE Consistency is a big...
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Ryan

Great idea, I've thought about doing this but never commited to it. Today is the day I start!

Can you clarify what you meant by "This must be input related - not results"? I'm not sure I understand the point you're trying to get across.

Thanks

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Manea Adrian

Means that it should come up in words and just write whatever comes in your mind in relation with that task.

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Desi

We do something similar at work where at the end of the day, we post what we worked on. I've thought about doing it with my own projects/work too - maybe this is a sign I should!

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Areahints

I do this but with trello!

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Manea Adrian

Sweet! Have you noticed improvements since you are doing it?

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Areahints • Edited

A lot. First that the amount of time I think I'm doing something valuable for myself was way exaggerated.

Also a to do list can be a good/bad thing.. At one point I would create a todo list of 10 things, then realize that most of it was repetitive. Nowadays I only log on my todo list what I have finished doing not what I want/wish to do.

Pomodoro timers really help you put a perspective on time.

A lot of repetition occurs in daily life, finding out how long it takes to complete a repetitive process and shortening that margin is a large improvement.

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Travis Simpson

Very nice. Something I've been struggling to do is keep track of what work I do like this. I can see the purpose and benefits, just never seem to push myself to stay consistent in tracking myself.

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Manea Adrian

I think it gets easier as it converts into a habit. I guess you need about two weeks of making yourself do it, after that should be easy!

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Travis Simpson

Just that initial two weeks to break through and make happen haha! But I believe you are correct in that. Thanks for the encouragement!

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Wends

I've been struggling to be consistent lately on my progress on 100DaysOfCode and I'm pretty disappointed of myself about this. Thank you for sharing this and will definitely try Coda as well.