(Tristan Harris)谷歌(Google)前产品经理(product manager)特里斯坦哈里斯呼吁(has called out big platforms)苹果(Apple)、谷歌(Google)、Facebook和其他社交媒体平台等大型平台占用我们可能不想付出的宝贵时间，将我们吸引到他们的产品中。
如果您发现自己因为分散注意力的网站和在线平台导致您陷入困境而不断拖延，那么您(rabbit hole)可以使用以下一些方法来阻止这些网站并专注于手头的工作。
阻止分散注意力的网站的方法(Methods Of Blocking Distracting Websites)
- 使用仅限工作的浏览器。
- 获取仅限工作的个人资料。
- 启用飞行模式。
- 使用浏览器应用程序/扩展程序。
- 使用 PC 或移动应用程序。
使用仅工作浏览器(Use a Work-Only Browser)
互联网充满了有用的信息，但访问它也可能会浪费数小时的生产力。开始是快速浏览您最喜欢的网站或社交媒体提要，最终会在您努力完成当天计划的所有事情时给您增加压力。
虽然互联网可以帮助您找到更有效地工作的重要技巧和窍门，但很容易不知所措，并以数十个打开的标签和未完成的任务告终。
解决此问题的方法之一是使用仅限工作的浏览器，该浏览器会阻止社交媒体或其他分散您注意力的网站从您的计算机和手机(computer and phone)访问。为您的工作或学习时间使用(work or study time)单独的浏览器可以为您省去不断阻止和解除阻止令人分心的网站(blocking and unblocking distracting sites)的麻烦。
您可以选择用于工作或学习(work or study use)的浏览器，也可以选择另一种用于日常日常使用的浏览器。您可以在工作/学习浏览器上添加所有网站限制，而常规或日常(add all the website restrictions)使用的浏览器(use browser)不受限制。
获取工作专用资料(Get a Work-Only Profile)
仅限工作的个人资料通过阻止分散注意力的网站和程序来帮助您将使用限制为工作或学习目的。如果您的计算机上已有用户配置文件，您可以创建一个新的用户配置文件，并向其中添加所需的限制，以便您可以将其用于(user profile)工作或学习(work or studying)。
启用飞行模式(Enable Airplane Mode)
这不是阻止分散注意力的网站的直接方法，但它是阻止诱使您打开此类网站的通知的好方法，而且它会阻止互联网访问。
如果您使用移动设备工作或学习，您可以通过从顶部向下滑动找到飞机图标(airplane icon)，然后点击启用它来启用飞行（飞行）模式。
对于计算机，您可以关闭WiFi或互联网连接以防止通知滑入并禁用互联网访问(internet access)。
Use a Browser App/Extension
您可以使用Chrome(Chrome)、Internet Explorer 或 Microsoft Edge(Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge)、Safari 和 Firefox 浏览器(Safari and Firefox browsers)上的浏览器扩展将分散注意力的网站列入黑名单。它们易于使用且不引人注目，因此当您无法屏蔽整个互联网时，您可以只专注于重要的事情。
您可以使用一些浏览器扩展来阻止分散注意力的网站，以便您可以专注于您的工作或学习任务，包括StayFocusd 或 LeechBlock(StayFocusd or LeechBlock)。
StayFocusd是一个免费的Chrome 浏览器(Chrome browser)扩展程序，可以限制您在分散注意力的网站上花费的时间，这样您就无法在时间限制(time limit)过后访问这些网站，这样您就可以全天专注于工作或学习。
它提供了一个“核”选项(Nuclear option)，让您可以选择阻止干扰的方式，例如整个网站、特定页面、子域或某些类型的内容。您还可以设置要在网站上花费的分钟数或小时数，一旦您达到时间限制， (time limit)StayFocusd就会将您从网站上赶走，而不会延长时间。
这包括按天设置这些站点的时间限制，以及您希望更专注于您的任务而不是访问此类站点的特定时间。
LeechBlock是另一个免费的浏览器扩展(browser extension)，但它适用于Chrome 和 Firefox(Chrome and Firefox)，并允许您在设置的特定时间段内阻止特定站点。它有一个计时器，可让您设置您想要浏览或访问某些网站的时间，并且在限制结束后，它将您锁定一天。
还可以使用密码选项(password option)或随机访问代码(access code)，以在您想访问令人分心的网站时减慢您的速度。
使用 PC 或移动应用程序
如果您想阻止从您的计算机或移动设备访问令人分心的网站，您可以通过安装适用于Windows 的Cold Turkey或适用于 macOS 的Hocus Focus(Windows or Hocus Focus)等应用程序在特定时间段内执行此操作。
这些是PC 应用程序(PC apps)，您可以使用这些应用程序将自己锁定在计算机之外或一次查看(computer or view)一个窗口，并防止自己在分散注意力的网站上浪费时间后拖延。
Cold Turkey 拦截(Cold Turkey blocker)器适用于Windows 和 macOS 平台(Windows and macOS platforms)，并且可以免费使用，不过有一个Pro 选项(Pro option)，您需要支付 25 美元的一次性费用。
当您需要开始工作时，它可以让您通过选择要阻止的网站和应用程序来专注于您的重要任务。
在Pro 计划(Pro plan)中可以找到Frozen Turkey 设置(Frozen Turkey setting)，并将您锁定一段时间。如果您无法在睡前关闭设备，或者您在计算机上花费太多时间而不是与其他人社交，这将非常有用。
Mac 用户可以试用免费的Hocus Focus应用程序，该应用程序通过整理屏幕并允许您一次只查看一个窗口来帮助您专注于工作。
它将非活动窗口最小化，以便您可以处理当前活动的应用程序，因此如果您倾向于切换应用程序，Hocus Focus将帮助您坚持手头的任务。
您可以在一段时间不活动后隐藏您的应用程序，或者如果不使用，则为编辑、研究等(research and others)不同任务创建和保存配置文件。对于移动设备，有些应用程序可以阻止分散注意力的网站或任何会导致拖延的东西，例如 Off the Grid 或 Moment(Grid or Moment)。
Off the Grid是一款仅限 Android 的应用程序，它可以通过在一段时间内阻止手机来帮助您远离手机，如果您想提前结束会话，它会向您收取每次会话 1 美元的费用。
对于 iOS 用户，Moment 应用程序(Moment app)会跟踪您使用设备的时间，并在您超过每天设置的时间限制时(time limit)通知您。(device and notifies)
重回正轨(Get Back On Track)
通过一些练习和努力(practice and effort)，您可以使用我们分享的技巧专注于手头的重要任务，从而为成功做好准备。
随着你的进行，它会变得更容易，但你也可以通过使用视觉提醒、延迟满足并在结束时获得奖励、离开你的工作空间、散散步或做谜题来增强你的意志力。一旦你的头脑清醒了，你就可以重新开始做真正重要的事情。
How To Block Distracting Websites To Beat Procrastination
Tristan Harris, a former product manager at Google has called out big platforms like Apple, Google, Facebook, and other social media platforms for taking the precious time we probably didn’t want to give by sucking us into their products.
If you find yourself constantly procrastinating because of distracting websites and online platforms that lead you down the rabbit hole, here are some methods you can use to block those websites and focus on the work at hand.
Methods Of Blocking Distracting Websites
- Use work-only browsers.
- Get a work-only profile.
- Enable Airplane Mode.
- Use a browser app/extension.
- Use a PC or mobile app.
Use a Work-Only Browser
The internet is full of useful information, but having access to it can also end up in hours of wasted productivity. What began as a quick look at your favorite site or social media feed, ends up adding pressure on you as you struggle to do everything you planned for the day.
While the internet can help you find great tips and tricks to work more effectively, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and end up with dozens of open tabs, and unfinished tasks.
One of the ways to deal with this is by getting a work-only browser, which blocks social media or other distracting websites from your computer and phone. Having separate browsers for your work or study time saves you the hassle of constantly blocking and unblocking distracting sites.
You can pick the browser for your work or study use, and a different one for regular daily use. You can add all the website restrictions on your work/study browser while the regular or daily use browser is left unrestricted.
Get a Work-Only Profile
A work-only profile helps you restrict your usage to work or study purposes by blocking distracting websites and programs. You can create a new user profile if you already have one on your computer, and add the desired restrictions to it so you can use it for work or studying.
Enable Airplane Mode
This isn’t a direct way of blocking distracting websites, but it’s a good way of keeping out notifications that tempt you to open such sites, plus it blocks internet access.
If you use a mobile device to work or study, you can enable airplane (flight) mode by swiping down from the top and finding the airplane icon, and then tapping on it to enable it.
For computers, you can turn off your WiFi or internet connection to keep the notifications from sliding in and disable internet access.
Use a Browser App/Extension
You can blacklist distracting websites using browser extensions on Chrome, Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge, Safari and Firefox browsers. They’re easy to use and unobtrusive so you can focus only on what’s important when you can’t block out the entire internet.
Some of the browser extensions you can use to block distracting websites so you can focus on your work or study tasks include StayFocusd or LeechBlock.
StayFocusd is a free Chrome browser extension that restricts the time you spend on distracting websites such that you can’t access the sites once the time limit has lapsed so you can focus on work or study the whole day.
It offers a Nuclear option, which lets you choose how you want to block distractions like entire websites, specific pages, subdomains, or certain types of content. You can also set the number of minutes or hours you want to spend on the sites, and StayFocusd will kick you off of them once you reach your time limit, without extending the time.
This includes setting the time restrictions for those sites by day and specific hours that you’d like to focus more on your tasks than visiting such sites.
LeechBlock is another free browser extension but it works with Chrome and Firefox, and lets you block specific sites for a certain duration that you set. It has a timer that lets you set the time you want to spend browsing or visiting certain websites, and after the limit is up, it locks you out for the day.
A password option or random access code is also available that’s meant to slow you down when you’re tempted to visit the distracting sites.
Use a PC or mobile app
If you want to block access to distracting websites from your computer or mobile device, you can do so for a specific period of time by installing apps such as Cold Turkey for Windows or Hocus Focus for macOS.
These are PC apps that you can use to lock yourself out of your computer or view one window at a time and keep yourself from procrastinating after wasting time on distracting sites.
Cold Turkey blocker works with Windows and macOS platforms, and is available for free, though there’s a Pro option for which you pay a one-time fee of $25.
It lets you focus on your important tasks by selecting the sites and apps you want to block when you need to get down to your work.
The Frozen Turkey setting is found in the Pro plan, and locks you out for a set period of time. It’s useful if you can’t shut down your devices before bed, or if you spend too much time on your computer instead of socializing with other people.
Mac users can try the free Hocus Focus app, which helps you focus on your work by decluttering your screen and allowing you to view only one window at a time.
It minimizes inactive windows so you can work on the currently active app, so if you’re prone to switching apps, Hocus Focus will help you stick to the task at hand.
You can hide your apps after a certain time of inactivity, or if not in use, create and save profiles for different tasks like editing, research and others. For mobile devices, there are apps that block distracting websites or anything that invites procrastination such as Off the Grid or Moment.
Off the Grid is an Android-only app that helps you stay off your phone by blocking it for a set period of time, and if you want to end your session early, it’ll charge you $1 per session.
For iOS users, Moment app tracks the time you spend using your device and notifies you when you go over the time limit you’ve set for each day.
Get Back On Track
With a little practice and effort, you can set yourself up for success by focusing on the important tasks at hand using the tips we’ve shared.
It gets easier as you go along, but you can also strengthen your willpower by using visual reminders, delayed gratification with a reward at the end of it, getting away from your workspace and taking short walks or doing puzzles. Once your mind is refreshed, you can get back to work on what truly matters.
