About a year ago another HN commenter really helped me out with this and recommended an application called Cold Turkey [1].
It lets you lock yourself out of specified websites and applications for a scheduled period of time. You can break out of it by either rebooting or setting a long string of random text you have to enter, but it basically stops impulsive browsing.
It helps me a fair bit to stay on task at work. I whitelist only the sites I need for work and take away the ability to randomly alt-tab into a browser "just for a minute".
If your looking for a way to discipline your computer habits, I highly recommend this program. It's not a cure, but it does help.
It lets you lock yourself out of specified websites and applications for a scheduled period of time. You can break out of it by either rebooting or setting a long string of random text you have to enter, but it basically stops impulsive browsing.
It helps me a fair bit to stay on task at work. I whitelist only the sites I need for work and take away the ability to randomly alt-tab into a browser "just for a minute".
If your looking for a way to discipline your computer habits, I highly recommend this program. It's not a cure, but it does help.
[0] https://getcoldturkey.com/