Foggy headed today, as I’ve come down with a cold. I can already tell I will need to return to edit this post.
The previous rules are primarily about the default workdays, Monday through Thursday, and sometimes Friday. These cover the general outline for weekends. This is obviously more flexible, as I make time for social plans, etc.
Friday and Saturday: These two days present me with the best opportunity to do my own interesting work, or get caught up with paper grading. Unfortunately, I often feel so exhausted by the work week, that my bad habits rule through these days. Laziness, distractions, and drinking erode my will to work.
1. Set goals. Usually, I do not explicitly write down goals.
2. Get out of the apartment and read. The best and most consistent way I break my bad habits is simply leaving the apartment in the morning with a bag of some books and journals and hunkering down in a big coffee shop with decent food. At the very least, I will complete a couple hours worth of reading and having a god walk.
3. Once a couple hours of reading have been complete, do whatever I feel like doing. If this means more reading/writing, then do that. If I need rest, then rest.
Sunday: Sundays are days for rest and resetting. The most important things to accomplish are:
1. Laundry
2. Purchasing groceries for the week
3. Cleaning the apartment and organizing.
4. Rest and relaxation.
Preparation: It is important to get a good night’s rest without much alcohol so that the day can be appropriately appreciated. I will also need $5 worth of quarters for laundry.
7:30am: By around 7:30, all laundry needs to be ready to go.
7:55am: Bring laundry to the laundry room. Given the size of my apartment building and limited availability of machines, it is critical to be at the laundry room when it opens at 8:00am. If the machines are already filled, laundry can take many additional hours
8:35am: Dressed for the grocery store, move washed clothes to the dryer, and go grocery shopping.
Begin cleaning
9:20am: Collect laundry
Make sure the apartment is neat and clean by the end of the day, since I’m generally a bit more productive when the clutter isn’t distracting me. Rest for the rest of the day. Have no more than one drink, and get to bed by 9:30pm.
This is a day of sabbath. I will not work for school on Sundays. Sundays are my own. If I work, I find that I’m resentful come Monday, and am unproductive then.
Natural Causes 