Monday, August 29th
Aug. 29th, 2011 08:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexandraerinNews For Today
Really kind of overdid it this weekend, and with not much to show for it... at least, not much compared to the amount of time I spent and hours of sleep I lost. Lesson #1: it's better to try to work a little with structure and discipline than to throw myself at something completely with none. Lesson #2: breaks really are important.
Ah, well. I crashed hard enough and early enough Sunday night that I'm awake at eight in the morning after a more-than-full-night's sleep. That's something. And it's Monday. I can't remember the last time I was up and awake and running on all processors this early at the start of a week. I'm going to take advantage of it to make a disciplined push back towards some kind of "normalcy". My swingy sleep patterns and feeling like I'm not accomplishing anything has had me cutting corners on parts of my routine, but given that some of my most reliable and productive periods were the ones where I basically spent two hours a day meditating and working on my breathing I don't think that was wise. I think I need to start rethinking things... if I'm not posting a story every day to begin with, maybe treating the writing part of writing as the most indispensable portion isn't a great idea.
State of the Me
Achy.
Dreams From Last Night
None I can remember.
Plans For Today
I'm going to spend a few hours in contemplation mode, and then two hours on chapter 27, revising and cleaning and tying things together. If at the end of those two hours I'm on a roll with it I'll keep going. If not, I'll start something else that I can post today.
Really kind of overdid it this weekend, and with not much to show for it... at least, not much compared to the amount of time I spent and hours of sleep I lost. Lesson #1: it's better to try to work a little with structure and discipline than to throw myself at something completely with none. Lesson #2: breaks really are important.
Ah, well. I crashed hard enough and early enough Sunday night that I'm awake at eight in the morning after a more-than-full-night's sleep. That's something. And it's Monday. I can't remember the last time I was up and awake and running on all processors this early at the start of a week. I'm going to take advantage of it to make a disciplined push back towards some kind of "normalcy". My swingy sleep patterns and feeling like I'm not accomplishing anything has had me cutting corners on parts of my routine, but given that some of my most reliable and productive periods were the ones where I basically spent two hours a day meditating and working on my breathing I don't think that was wise. I think I need to start rethinking things... if I'm not posting a story every day to begin with, maybe treating the writing part of writing as the most indispensable portion isn't a great idea.
State of the Me
Achy.
Dreams From Last Night
None I can remember.
Plans For Today
I'm going to spend a few hours in contemplation mode, and then two hours on chapter 27, revising and cleaning and tying things together. If at the end of those two hours I'm on a roll with it I'll keep going. If not, I'll start something else that I can post today.