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you're at work maybe you should be studying perhaps you should be writing
that thing you've been writing and you should definitely be paying more
attention to your site but the good news is that procrastinating by watching
certain YouTube videos it can be classified as effective procrastination
actually there's a number of ways you can effectively waste time that lead to
a boost in problem-solving productivity and creativity scientific research is
truly beautiful researchers at the University of Melbourne have published a
number of studies on workplace internet leisure browsing I excel at workplace
into that leisure browsing in one study researchers found that workers who surf
the internet for fun at work within a reasonable time limit say less than 20%
of their total time in the office a 9% more productive than those who don't
from this and follow up studies that researchers argue that workplace
internet ledger rolling is an unobtrusive interruption which enables
restoration of mental capacity and fosters feelings of autonomy another
study out of the University of California entitled inspired by
distraction found when participants did an undermining task compared to doing a
demanding task resting or having no break it led to substantial improvements
in performance on a problem they'd encountered before researchers concluded
that allowing the mind to wander through simple tasks can boost creative
problem-solving originally scientists thought mind wandering allowed the brain
to rest and returning to the problem well rested with all you would need to
solve it now if some scientists think that mind wandering might distract you
from your perceived obstacles and brain imaging research shows that while you're
doing another simple task the brain regions responsible for decision-making
keep working your brain is unconsciously process
the information related to your decisions I think that's pretty cool and
there are lots of ways to distract yourself and procrastinate I know more
than anyone but there are ways to do it effectively first up make sure a simple
task is just that simple and not related to a problem you're trying to solve so
don't do logic puzzles when you're trying to solve a math problem instead
watch Gope videos on youtube next avoid activities that are ego-driven
meaning is checking Facebook Instagram and generally distractions filled with
friends family and other personalities you're familiar with and if you're not
trying to problem-solve but just really have a problem with procrastinating you
can use a strategy called implementation intention where you make a list of all
the things you need to do and if you're distracted or taking a break then do
them one by one also you could just go for a walk lots of studies show that
people who go on daily walks score higher on tests that measure creative
thinking and productivity of course that putting these findings into practice
effectively all depends on you finding the right balance of work and downtime
activities that are almost useless so the next time you're procrastinating
keep in mind that it can have benefits try unfocus ignore attention spending
short periods of time doing simple tasks can have a positive effect on your
decision-making and creative thinking abilities just like watching this video
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