1. Put HN on 'noprocrast' for 8 hours away, 20mins maxvisit (check the settings in your profile). This will let you check HN twice a day, which is enough.
2. Don't drink caffeine within 8 hours of bed time. You'll get better night's sleep. Helps to have decaf tea & coffee at the ready
3. Take a notebook, write down 'what can I achieve in the next hour', make it a realistic guess. Now, work for 45 mins, and when anything else occurs to you, like check the news, send an email, look something up on the web, just write it down on the opposite page. After 45 mins, spend 15 mins doing those extra things you wrote down. Rinse, repeat. This removes the discomfort of not satisfying your whims (you've noted them down, so you'll definitely get round to them), while letting you work in a focussed manner without task switching or timewasting.
I also do these things: don't care about Facebook, email, Twitter, but that's not hard for me admittedly. I barely care anyway. Also, before you start a messageboard/forum post, be aware it will probably cost you 4 hours or so before it's done with.
2. Don't drink caffeine within 8 hours of bed time. You'll get better night's sleep. Helps to have decaf tea & coffee at the ready
3. Take a notebook, write down 'what can I achieve in the next hour', make it a realistic guess. Now, work for 45 mins, and when anything else occurs to you, like check the news, send an email, look something up on the web, just write it down on the opposite page. After 45 mins, spend 15 mins doing those extra things you wrote down. Rinse, repeat. This removes the discomfort of not satisfying your whims (you've noted them down, so you'll definitely get round to them), while letting you work in a focussed manner without task switching or timewasting.
I also do these things: don't care about Facebook, email, Twitter, but that's not hard for me admittedly. I barely care anyway. Also, before you start a messageboard/forum post, be aware it will probably cost you 4 hours or so before it's done with.