Week 2 of the semester, still haven't met one of my classes, but I'm going to post about routines during the year anyway because it's my blog and I'll write what I want to.
When I moved back to the city over break, I knew that I was going to have to seriously call on all of those fun productivity and time management articles I read while in graduate school. I wanted to soak it all in before I got into the real world, and had actual work to do. Granted, in the moment it felt real and hard too, but I knew it would be nothing compared to the actual real world. So I read. And saved. And pondered. And here's what I've got so far.
Mornings suck. I have to leave the house between 7-7:10 to have a 90% chance at arriving on campus before 8:00 (regular working hours - another "perk" of not being on a faculty line). Lots of people espouse the value of "Miracle Mornings" but honestly I'm just too tired in the mornings to do anything.
Biggest productivity hack: Figure out what works for you, then do it.
What I have found is helpful is doing as much as I can the night before. As soon as I get home from work, I pack my lunch for the next day and put it in the fridge. When I change out of my work clothes and into more comfortable clothing, I set out the work clothes I'll wear the next day. I have to think about what I have going on the next day in order to not accidentally have to change my outfit in the morning when I realize I have a big meeting, so this is accompanied by scrolling through my calendar either on my watch or on the phone.
I'm even showering at night. It's awful, I know, but the extra 20 minutes in the mornings is very helpful. A shower + hair wash + blow dry actually takes me 30 minutes, but I still have to spend ~10 minutes straightening my hair to get it to not be super crinkly. Yay bed head.
I am trying to be in bed at 9:30, and to not have to get back out of bed or turn my phone back on again after playing HQ Words. I can only ever make it to round 5 or 6 because they MAKE THINGS UP. This means I'm usually sitting on top of the bed at 9:30, hoping the game starts late because I need to set all 40 of my alarms for the next morning.
I'm usually reading at night to hit my 20 minutes of actual reading goal (no, my car audiobook time doesn't count even though I make the rules around here). Depending on the book, I'm done reading between 10-10:30.
I'm a terrible sleeper, and can not fall asleep before 11. Last night it was 12:30, despite my best efforts at sleep hygiene.
My morning alarms start to go off at 6. I literally have five alarms to make sure I wake up in the mornings. Told you I'm a morning monster.
However, all of my evening prep work means that in the morning I do my AM bathroom routine (10 minutes), get dressed (5 minutes), grab my bags (5 minutes) and can leave.
I'm only a little bit bitter that Dan's work is 10 minutes away and doesn't start until 9 am. He gets 2 extra hours in the mornings, and about an extra hour in the evenings. And I still have the unspoken burden of doing everything around the house. But it's fine. I'm fine.
When I moved back to the city over break, I knew that I was going to have to seriously call on all of those fun productivity and time management articles I read while in graduate school. I wanted to soak it all in before I got into the real world, and had actual work to do. Granted, in the moment it felt real and hard too, but I knew it would be nothing compared to the actual real world. So I read. And saved. And pondered. And here's what I've got so far.
Mornings suck. I have to leave the house between 7-7:10 to have a 90% chance at arriving on campus before 8:00 (regular working hours - another "perk" of not being on a faculty line). Lots of people espouse the value of "Miracle Mornings" but honestly I'm just too tired in the mornings to do anything.
Biggest productivity hack: Figure out what works for you, then do it.
What I have found is helpful is doing as much as I can the night before. As soon as I get home from work, I pack my lunch for the next day and put it in the fridge. When I change out of my work clothes and into more comfortable clothing, I set out the work clothes I'll wear the next day. I have to think about what I have going on the next day in order to not accidentally have to change my outfit in the morning when I realize I have a big meeting, so this is accompanied by scrolling through my calendar either on my watch or on the phone.
I'm even showering at night. It's awful, I know, but the extra 20 minutes in the mornings is very helpful. A shower + hair wash + blow dry actually takes me 30 minutes, but I still have to spend ~10 minutes straightening my hair to get it to not be super crinkly. Yay bed head.
I am trying to be in bed at 9:30, and to not have to get back out of bed or turn my phone back on again after playing HQ Words. I can only ever make it to round 5 or 6 because they MAKE THINGS UP. This means I'm usually sitting on top of the bed at 9:30, hoping the game starts late because I need to set all 40 of my alarms for the next morning.
I'm usually reading at night to hit my 20 minutes of actual reading goal (no, my car audiobook time doesn't count even though I make the rules around here). Depending on the book, I'm done reading between 10-10:30.
I'm a terrible sleeper, and can not fall asleep before 11. Last night it was 12:30, despite my best efforts at sleep hygiene.
My morning alarms start to go off at 6. I literally have five alarms to make sure I wake up in the mornings. Told you I'm a morning monster.
However, all of my evening prep work means that in the morning I do my AM bathroom routine (10 minutes), get dressed (5 minutes), grab my bags (5 minutes) and can leave.
I'm only a little bit bitter that Dan's work is 10 minutes away and doesn't start until 9 am. He gets 2 extra hours in the mornings, and about an extra hour in the evenings. And I still have the unspoken burden of doing everything around the house. But it's fine. I'm fine.
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