Ask random serious questions at random times to help you connect with reality once in a while.

serious_questions.sh

#!/bin/bash
# install: copy this script to /opt/serious_questions.sh, "chmod +x" it and add the next line to /etc/rc.local
#          nohup /opt/serious_questions.sh > /dev/null &

questions=(
  'Are you doing something useful right now?'
  'Surfing Reddit like a mindless sheep?'
  'Real life ... are you participating?'
  'Maybe you should call someone?'
  'How about writing something?'
  'Want to get some work done?'
  'Why not go for a walk right now?'
  'What will you accomplish in the next half hour?'
  'Is there something you should clean up?'
  'Could you close your laptop right now?'
  'Get some good work done and then relax?'
  'Forgot something?'
)

while true
do
  sleep $(($RANDOM/10))
  notify-send -u critical -i help-faq "${questions[RANDOM%${#questions[@]}]}"
done