I’ve officially blocked myself from reddit today.  Not just a simple browser plugin or time-based block, but I’ve updated records in my /etc/hosts file.  To get back access, it’ll take at least a few minutes of fiddling in command line.

And that’s exactly what I need.  Reddit fills the dead seconds while Visual Studio compiles, or when I get stuck on a hard coding problem, or finish an email.  It’s almost become second nature to go to Chrome, cmd-T, r, enter.  Yea, I only have to type ‘r’ and Chrome know what’s up.  These tiny pockets & distractions are poisonous to the “flow” of work, especially programming.  And since reddit is the most addicting, insidious of them all, I have to wish it farewell, at least for this month.

p.s. here are some instructions if you’re looking to go cold turkey as well: 

http://artofmanliness.com/2011/10/17/how-to-quit-mindlessly-surfing-the-internet-and-actually-get-stuff-done/