Hacker News with Generative AI: Mindfulness

The Zen of Task Management with Org (bzg.fr)
I don't use Org Mode to be more productive, but to achieve a kind of "ataraxia" (i.e. a "lucid state of robust equanimity" according to Wikipedia) about the things I have to do: pay my bills on time and enjoy concentrating on my work.

Productivity, Software, Mindfulness, Organization

14 points by bzg 9 days ago | 4 comments

The Illusion of Time, the Overflow of Being (smolnero.com)
Time has quite literally been taken too seriously by humankind. Not just time itself — but all the layers we've wrapped around it: schedules, metrics, KPIs, urgency cycles. These clusters of fluff masquerade as structure but mostly serve to drown out the quiet. And in doing so, they distance us from a place of balance — that space between chaos and calm that’s vital to actually being.

Time Management, Philosophy, Productivity, Mindfulness

6 points by edgar_ortega 17 days ago | 0 comments

How to Discover Mindfulness in a Nazi Solitary Confinement Cell (honest-broker.com)
Two years ago, I shared an account of Christopher Burney, a British spy captured by the Nazis in World War II. He spent 526 days in solitary confinement under brutal conditions.

Mindfulness, History, Prison, Biography

4 points by Khaine 22 days ago | 0 comments

Finding Flow: Escaping digital distractions through deep work and slow living (ssp.sh)
Johann Hari says in Stolen Focus that rats and pigeons can be manipulated as we want. Just give them food whenever they do what you want them to. And shortly after, they will repeat that over and over again.

Focus, Digital Distractions, Productivity, Mindfulness, Slow Living

226 points by articsputnik 69 days ago | 81 comments

The quiet art of attention (billwear.github.io)
There comes a moment in life, often in the quietest of hours, when one realizes that the world will continue on its wayward course, indifferent to our desires or frustrations.

Philosophy, Mindfulness, Self-Reflection

875 points by billwear 195 days ago | 279 comments

Nothing: Simply Do Nothing (usenothing.com)
Nothing—a timer that tracks your intentional choice to do... nothing.

Productivity, Time Management, Mindfulness

466 points by psvisualdesign 222 days ago | 198 comments

Writing as a Means of Slowing Down (samy.blog)

Writing, Productivity, Mindfulness

11 points by beabytes 239 days ago | 0 comments

The case against morning yoga, daily routines, and endless meetings (andrewchen.substack.com)

Productivity, Work-Life Balance, Mindfulness, Health

113 points by domysee 298 days ago | 113 comments

How to do the jhanas (nadia.xyz)