<story><title>Procrastination should be solved by lighting fires, not filling buckets</title><url>http://www.visakanv.com/blog/2013/09/0086-productivity-apps-fill-buckets-when-they-should-be-lighting-fires/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jasonlotito</author><text>This is just a friendly reminder that if you would describe yourself as a procrastinator, it might be something more.  If you&amp;#x27;ve always been one, if you want to do things, but can never do it, it could be a sign.&lt;p&gt;ADHD is a real problem, and has real solutions (and those solutions aren&amp;#x27;t all addictive).&lt;p&gt;If you feel like you are always running behind, always trying to catch up.  If anyone says you are a great developer, but that you&amp;#x27;re always playing catch up, get checked.  It can help change your life for the positive.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>PaperclipTaken</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m always cautious around claims of ADHD. My experiences have been that attention span works largely like muscle. If you practice focus and force yourself to get better at it, you notice improvements over time.&lt;p&gt;It has also been my observation that you can grow a tolerance to and dependence on ADHD medicine.&lt;p&gt;I support the author&amp;#x27;s goal of finding some other solution that motivates him to practice his focus.</text></comment>
<story><title>Procrastination should be solved by lighting fires, not filling buckets</title><url>http://www.visakanv.com/blog/2013/09/0086-productivity-apps-fill-buckets-when-they-should-be-lighting-fires/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jasonlotito</author><text>This is just a friendly reminder that if you would describe yourself as a procrastinator, it might be something more.  If you&amp;#x27;ve always been one, if you want to do things, but can never do it, it could be a sign.&lt;p&gt;ADHD is a real problem, and has real solutions (and those solutions aren&amp;#x27;t all addictive).&lt;p&gt;If you feel like you are always running behind, always trying to catch up.  If anyone says you are a great developer, but that you&amp;#x27;re always playing catch up, get checked.  It can help change your life for the positive.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>visakanv</author><text>I think I do exhibit ADHD symptoms, but I don&amp;#x27;t think I have it, or if I do, I don&amp;#x27;t have it bad. I can get a little dramatic in my writing. I have been able to make some progress on some fronts, I&amp;#x27;m just easily dissatisfied.&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much for your concern, though. What are the solutions you&amp;#x27;re talking about? Do you mean medication? I think I&amp;#x27;ll give myself a few months to try and work things out myself (I think it&amp;#x27;s really just very, very bad habits entrenched throughout my adolescent years that I have to unlearn).</text></comment>