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Hemingway would stop writing right when he was getting to something good, so he could continue on the next day.

I was fascinated with this when I first read about it, but I found this trick has a big downside to it: I couldn't get OUT of work mode. Sure, it let's you pick up immediately, but I found the reason was that I never put it down. Did anyone else have this experience?

I will say, this did not occur when I "picked up" something else. If I worked on another project or went to the gym and did something stimulating (sparring, not just picking up weights), then I had no issues disengaging from the day's work.

Yup this is my trick if I’m feeling a bit under motivated. I’ll leave myself some low hanging fruits for the morning and a todo list at my desk.

This is a fantastic mental hack! Nothing is more stimulating than being thrown right back into the middle of a problem.