Just realized my second monitor is a procrastination station

Talking to my buddy Dave last weekend wrecked my whole setup. He's a video editor, runs three screens. Said I was just using my second monitor for Slack and Spotify. Hit me hard because he's right. I keep a todo list on one side, emails on the other. But really I'm just glancing at notifications all day. Tried his trick of keeping the second screen dark until I need it. Has anyone else found a way to stop treating the extra screen like a distraction factory?

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danielh8120d agoTop Commenter

Not everyone needs a second screen to be productive. Some people just use it to keep a reference doc open or monitor a feed. If turning it off helps Dave, cool. But for me, having the second screen dark feels like a waste of hardware. Maybe it's not the screen that's the problem, but the notifications. Have you tried turning off all those pop ups and dings first?

alice_harris3520d ago

Try using your main screen in full screen mode so you physically can't see the second one unless you deliberately look for it.