tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post8066470462656943704..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: Starting off with the most important thingSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-39337067361111063512014-05-10T10:42:00.079-07:002014-05-10T10:42:00.079-07:00ERNIE!!!!! You're Alive! Good to hear from you...ERNIE!!!!! You're Alive! Good to hear from you.<br /><br />Yeah, my problem is, if I try to do a workout in the morning but get up late enough that I am worried about finishing and showering and making it to school on time, I give up about halfway through or just don't do it. Similarly, I don't really like to do workouts --- so if I put them off to the evening I am even *more* likely to make up an excuse about being too tired or having a bit of a headache or being too hungry etc etc. But other than that, I really like my teaching schedule, so I don't want to move the classes later.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-80648087012225039052014-05-10T07:47:30.424-07:002014-05-10T07:47:30.424-07:00It's funny - I've been looking at a websit...It's funny - I've been looking at a website called zenhabits and he talks about setting up no more than three MITs, Most Important Tasks/Things, each day. I tried it on Thursday and Friday, especially his idea that you should try to do at least one in the morning, like you, and it feels GREAT to have gotten something important done early on. I'm not a morning person, though, so what it is better not have to do with being articulate or outgoing, because I can't do either of those. But the overlap is amazing.<br /><br />Lovely to read you again, my friend!Earnest Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-79840335909953427542014-05-09T21:09:19.323-07:002014-05-09T21:09:19.323-07:00I'm just like you: I can do one thing really w...I'm just like you: I can do one thing really well first off in the morning, but the other things? Not so great after 10 a.m. Morning classes kill that for me. <br /><br />You know what I've started doing when I can? I've switched my yoga to the end of the day. I go to 6 p.m. classes, and make those sort of my portal between my "work time" and "my own time." This means I get nothing productive done in the evenings. But when I'm honest with myself, I realize that my evening productivity was nearly nil anyway. Maybe this might work for you, too?Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-53704768427030340702014-05-09T17:49:49.270-07:002014-05-09T17:49:49.270-07:00Try a standing desk. It completely changed my day ...Try a standing desk. It completely changed my day - I got rid of the achy necks and headaches from smunching in my chair, and I was barely aware I was standing up. It also made me far less tired (oddly, I think), and the likelihood of putting my head down went to zero.<br /><br />And getting up early - like you I find I do my best early in the morning. Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.com