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robertohanas

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robertohanas··on Why Context Switching Kills Deep Work and How to Fix It on Mac
Thanks for the reply. The text was AI-structured around the core concept Ikuna is trying to solve: Context switching and helping with Deep Work.

Is Context Switching something important for you as well, or was it just curiosity?

robertohanas··on Pre-PMF Looking for feedback or advice
If you want to check Ikuna and give some feedback on the website or app https://www.brnsft.com/ikuna
robertohanas··on How do you prevent employee burnouts? Manage wellbeing without privacy intrusion
I would love to see autonomy as a solution but I've seen friends dig themselves deeper and deeper because of said freedom to do as much as they want.

According to Border theory and self-regulation theory people are: Border Enforcers(Have strict boundaries between live and work), Border Adapters(Can adapt if a border is crossed ex an emergency), or Border Expanders (It's hard for them to delimit where one border ends and another starts)

I see how Maximising autonomy could work for Border enforcers but it can cause real damage to Border Expanders.

robertohanas··on Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?
Man it really is relaxing to do something with your hands instead of sitting at the computer.

The reward you get from being able to touch what you are working on is really nice.

Cooking can be relaxing as well - unless you have kids crying that they are hungry - then it becomes quite stressful.

Do you have any specific wood working projects?

robertohanas··on Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?
Tranquility.
robertohanas··on Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?
Never tried it. Very interesting.

Flow is quite addicting.

robertohanas··on Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?
I'm a new parent as well - it really made me understand and relate to my parents better.

Calling them every week at least once to see the nephew (we live in a different country ) - but I'll try to do the 1 minute a day I commented earlier.

It sounds like you don't have this chance anymore. . sorry for your loss.

robertohanas··on Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?
Just heard this and really liked: "1 minute a day is worth more than 1-2hours on a Saturday"

Meaning giving 1 minute a day to your parents / love ones to let them know you are good - healthy - that you love and appreciate them..daily is worth more than trying to compensate on a Saturday.

robertohanas··on Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?
Morning routine or when do you make time for it?
robertohanas··on Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?
As a student I used to dislike riding on the train every other weekend to go home. wished there would be a faster way to travel.

I now miss watching out the window.

robertohanas··on Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?
That sounds lovely. I should call my parents.
robertohanas··on Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?
Any reason why grappling trainings are relaxing?
robertohanas··on Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?
You seem very balanced :D
robertohanas··on How do you position all your apps when you start working?
What would you use that Specifically for ?
robertohanas··on How do you position all your apps when you start working?
Not as of right now due to each browser being different

It's not very hard to implement but we've been waiting to see if there are people wanting this ++.

robertohanas··on Save and load your Workspace – Free | MacOS only
Maybe there is a need for instructions so here they are.

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Download the zip

Unarchive it

Move it to apps.

Right-click on it -> Open. Do this twice (It will say that it is not trusted as the app was not downloaded from the store)

// To be able to position the apps you will need to give it accessibility rights. Go to Settings Security and Settings > Accessibility ->Search for Ikuna and click open.

> App Unlocked.

*Ps. It has a shortcut option in the settings.*Personal recommendation CMD + § (the symbol above tab) for ease of use.

robertohanas··on Save and load your Workspace – Free | MacOS only
Mac only atm. Build using SwiftUi

Would be awesome to port it to windows/linux later.

robertohanas··on Save and load your Workspace – Free | MacOS only
Quick video showcasing the app https://youtu.be/0giPjP-tEN0
robertohanas··on Ask HN: How do you measure if you are productive or not?
I guess you can do that now with Spotify playlists as well :D.

I get your point - people measure/bill things differently. How do you measure/bill things?

robertohanas··on Ask HN: How do you measure if you are productive or not?
Thanks for commenting.

That's exactly why I'm asking. --- most dashboards seem to show a part of the story but that's often incomplete. Ex. Time spent Thinking is 100% productive but if you measure APM -It isn't labeled as such.

Delivering reliably is important for managers - but how do you do that if the task constantly change.. I'm assuming you you estimate and as long as you're on target more or less - it's ok with your manager? -- Could you expand on the sharing with others part? - what you want to share ?

robertohanas··on How far away from burnout are you?
To be honest - was not expecting loads of emails ( most of them are not real )

It is definitely a way to collect emails but there's nothing from stoping you to add whatever you want there.

Plan is to send an automatic email with your replies and results, not available right now.

robertohanas··on How far away from burnout are you?
A support group does wonders!

As long as the stable working environment provides a healthy dose of personal achievement.

robertohanas··on How far away from burnout are you?
What's your process of reconstituting yourself? Recovering from burnout is not easy so tips and tricks would be helpful.
robertohanas··on How far away from burnout are you?
That's the spirit!
robertohanas··on How far away from burnout are you?
That is an excellent tool! - strongly recommend it if you have the time to also go through the documentation.

I found it not so straight forward ( with the adding up the results -> dividing it -> comparing it to statistical values -> in the end not really knowing if I have burnout or not )

But it provides more in-depth information especially in relationship with Belgium workforce.

robertohanas··on How far away from burnout are you?
What made you scream wtf?
robertohanas··on How far away from burnout are you?
Thanks for the feedback!

The results page is indeed lacking - working on it. Was not expecting a great deal of traffic to the calculator just yet. We're working to improve the results with actionable tips.

This is a better interpretation of the results https://monkeypuzzletraining.co.uk/burnout-inventory-results

robertohanas··on How far away from burnout are you?
Or share a test name and test@gmail.com email.

The site doesn't measure your mental well being. It is a tool, based on Maslach's research of burnout, to check where you stand.

Thanks for the comment, have a great day!

robertohanas··on How far away from burnout are you?
Unfortunately the quiz doesn't allow for optional sharing ( though you can share "Test" Name and "test@gmail.com"

Both this quiz and the one you shared are based on the Maslach Burnout Inventory.

Decided to do the quiz to automate the results as most of what I found was paper based.

robertohanas··on How do you deal with mental switching between projects/clients/areas?
Context switching is a beast that demands respect for sure but sometimes you can't plan fewer switches.

>Taking on too many concurrent projects inevitably leads to burn out...

100%

Ps. It seems that the penalty increases as we grow older.

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