I’ve grown to be more flexible already. I maintain a to-do list of the day and never plan my day like you would in an event schedule plan.
It really didn’t make sense after a while, planning things this way:
- 8 AM, wake up and blah blah
- 9 AM, start to do work on Flash
- 11 AM, read a nerd book
- 12 PM, go for lunch
- …
I rarely follow them, what I plan usually turned out this way:
- 6 AM, somehow woke up for no reason and have nothing to do
- 7 AM, since I’m on track I’ll go for a bit of breakfast
- 8 AM, so filling now. Tries to work some Flash
- 9 AM, realizes it’s unproductive and try to read a nerd book
- 10 AM, falls asleep reading nerd book
- 12 PM, my brother wake me up for lunch
- …
It just didn’t work out at all. These days, I have a to-do list, ranked in priority:
- Finish section A for e-business assignment
- Work on at least 1 question on computing assignment
- Work on Flash
- Read nerd book
- Renew nerd book
- Optional: Have breakfast
Okay, the ‘have breakfast’ part is lame but you get my point. It does kinda help me get organized and nowadays I sleep as and when I like, read as and when I like and work as and when I like. If it’s not productive, I usually go to bed. It kinda messed up my sleep cycles to a certain extends, I’m usually well and awake at 2 in the morning programming. It’s kinda bad for health I heard but things seem to get done.
And when things get done, I get happier as the result. And happier persons do get healthy right?
There is this thing my friend was telling me about liver repairs occurring between 12 to 3 AM in the morning when you’re sleeping. And once you missed it, your liver gets poorer as the days pass by. Ever heard of this? Can anybody verify this?
Possibly related:
I wonder how does liver keep time.
Good planning though. I have some sort of similar daily plan.
by uzyn (Dec 29, 2007 at 10 PM)uzyn: That’s what I ask my friend too, she doesn’t know either. I think she heard it from a radio show or something.
Anyway, I did a little search on liver repair and found this website – Detox for Health. Here’s an excerpt of what they say:
The liver operates in natural metabolic cycles. It usually undertakes liver repair at night, when there is less likely to be an increased demand for blood supply from the muscles. During the hours of darkness, increased blood is directed to the liver. Structuring your schedule to minimize physical exercise after 9:00 pm can help support your body in this process. Since a great deal of the liver’s available energy goes into maintaining its slightly elevated temperature, necessary for the chemical processes it performs, you can increase its efficiency by providing extra heat. A hot water bottle or hot compress, placed over the liver (right side, just below your rib cage) can provide additional heat for the liver while it cleans. That means the energy saved can be directed to cleaning and repair. And the compress proves very relaxing. It can even aid in sleeping.
Ahh, so it’s the darkness! Maybe can try switching off the lights to work at night.
by Mr. Dew (Dec 29, 2007 at 11 PM)