Nick P:
I have a full time job where I need to think a lot, write code, have meetings, design software, etc. When I try to stay mindful of what I'm doing in front of the computer, my productivity decreases a lot, as I spend more energy on the watcher and less on the doer/thinker. I take advice on how to reconcile those two mind roles.
What equanimity and bliss permeate is my interactions with other people, or the way I look at the world when I'm walking down the street. But when it comes to think complex conceptual stuff alone in front of the screen (which is a big chunk of my day, and which I love doing, btw), I'm the same guy I was before starting my practice, and incorporating the practice to that part of the job seems to make things worse, not better.
Thanks
I can relate to this. I am also a coder and that involves complex thinking and deadlines(that can in turn induce stress).
I also did not know at that time how to incorporate noting with such a tech job.
but I had managed to get stream entry by non-stop noting whenever it was sensible to note , which means when there is nothing
pressing to attend to(like talking to colleagues/thinking about a problem). Apart from that, I found that generally while interacting with colleagues/people its best to follow the 5 precepts - especially the one for Speech.
I never talked about all this with my colleagues.
Do you have travel time by bus/car/train to office ? (I used to note the hell out of all sounds while in train)
Forgetting to note was common for me while working - sometimes for hours..don't fret on this one - just resume noting when you remember to.
The key thing that will work is continuity whenever you can and it all adds up even if it doesn't look like so many times.
Hope this helps , cheers