Productivity

I feel pretty focused and energized today.  I am going to try to adopt a technique that has proven helpful for me in terms of my exercise routines and consistency, and try to apply it to everyday life.  If it sticks, I think it may help me feel greater happiness. 

The idea is that, just as with my exercise, I will try to do all the "required" tasks of my life as quickly, efficiently, and as early in the day as is reasonably possible.  I truly have felt that I have been given additional time in my life by getting up at 5am to walk.  It was simply time I otherwise wasted by sleeping.  While I cannot get up all that much earlier, I think the focus I have at 5am to walk is a focus I can use to do all the "required" tasks each day. 

In my mind, I am thinking if I push myself when I get to work to immediately get all the required b*llsh*t out of the way, low-and-behold.... I get the rest of the work day to play (which means to have more fun with research, etc.).  The same would apply to home too.  When I first get home, I should (and plan to try to) do all the "required" things (such as some cleaning, cat-box-patrol, mowing, etc) and get them the hell out of the way as quickly as I can to then be able to really play for the rest of the day. 

For many of you, that may sound obvious, and I guess it is to a degree.  But it is not how I have typically approached things at least the last few years.  I am going to see how it works out. 

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