I’m reading Mother’s Boy by Patrick Gayle. I’m only at the start of it and he’s describing how the protagonist’s mother and father met. Both of them are servants and he describes how hard their work is, their lives are, with very little time off, and falling into bed exhausted at night. Last Thursday evening […]
Struggles with indistractability
So I’m really struggling with this timeblocking idea, and also with the whole idea of being indistractable. I woke up this morning and I felt kind of depressed, actually. I just wasn’t looking forward to the day at all. I think the reason is that I feel boxed in by having a schedule, having to […]
Distraction and internal triggers
Yesterday, I took an introductory seminar on MindValley.com, given by Nir Eyal, author of the book Indistractable. The topic was learning how to be indistractable, namely, doing what we say we are going to do. The premise is that we either spend our time on traction activities, which move us towards our goals, or distraction […]
New start
Today’s the start of a renewed focus on good healthy habits and particularly sleep and reducing screen time. I’ve also started a new approach to caffeine this morning. No caffeine for 90 minutes after rising, instead getting outside into the morning sunshine, and also no screens for 30 minutes. I’ve heard about this approach in […]
The middle way
I’m back! I think my last post was maybe last Friday, or even Thursday, a week ago. I ran my ultra last Saturday and have basically been just exhausted ever since. Today, for the first time since then, I feel almost if not entirely back to normal, and ready for a normal day of writing, […]
New project, getting ahead to ease anxiety
As I was journaling this morning, it occurred to me to wonder whether it would help my anxiety if I prepared for things further in advance. The reason this popped into my head was that I realised I felt less anxious this morning (the day before my ultramarathon) than I have done all week, and […]