The Terrible Trouble of Decisions
Feb. 23rd, 2015 12:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
learnteachAs the old old joke goes, it's not the sweat, it's the thinking.
In many areas of my life right now, my brain (my monkey brain? distracted by the circus?) turns over possibilites both in the future and the path, and then gets distracted by shiny things (usually the computer shiny things. ) Objectively, I'm doing great--sleeping well, own a house (with the bank), not strapped for cash, not visiting the hospital or the morgue much--but subjectively, I keep dwelling on the irritants and getting off course (not that I have a well defined course ). (Or a horse. Horses for Courses? Who knew they were schooled that way?)
The solution is simple, easy and tricky to implement: remove decisions. Or, stated positively, have a routine to follow. The people who lose weight successfully? It's a routine. Those who achieve much at work? Pile the pebbles up every day, routinely. Move forward in relationships? Routinely treat their sweeties very well. Contrawise, what's the best way to fail? "Go Native", give up shaving, talking to people, or working on things.
Hmmm. Rather than get caught up in spending a lot of time deciding on routines, the from the hip shots:
* Breakfast is protein + Carb, choosing Egg/String cheese and nuts/oatmeal
* Lunch is Veggie with protein.
*Afternoon Snack is protein and fruit
*Dinner is not set yet.
Morning will have:
* Arise, weigh self, plan
* one hour on skills: scripting (python or bshell); storage, industry news
Day will have:
*Exercise session
*Job Hunt Session.
Ok, that's enough. Now to make it work. Doing well today, off to have the lunch. Salad!
(Eventually, I'll steal the Yoga before bed idea too!)
In many areas of my life right now, my brain (my monkey brain? distracted by the circus?) turns over possibilites both in the future and the path, and then gets distracted by shiny things (usually the computer shiny things. ) Objectively, I'm doing great--sleeping well, own a house (with the bank), not strapped for cash, not visiting the hospital or the morgue much--but subjectively, I keep dwelling on the irritants and getting off course (not that I have a well defined course ). (Or a horse. Horses for Courses? Who knew they were schooled that way?)
The solution is simple, easy and tricky to implement: remove decisions. Or, stated positively, have a routine to follow. The people who lose weight successfully? It's a routine. Those who achieve much at work? Pile the pebbles up every day, routinely. Move forward in relationships? Routinely treat their sweeties very well. Contrawise, what's the best way to fail? "Go Native", give up shaving, talking to people, or working on things.
Hmmm. Rather than get caught up in spending a lot of time deciding on routines, the from the hip shots:
* Breakfast is protein + Carb, choosing Egg/String cheese and nuts/oatmeal
* Lunch is Veggie with protein.
*Afternoon Snack is protein and fruit
*Dinner is not set yet.
Morning will have:
* Arise, weigh self, plan
* one hour on skills: scripting (python or bshell); storage, industry news
Day will have:
*Exercise session
*Job Hunt Session.
Ok, that's enough. Now to make it work. Doing well today, off to have the lunch. Salad!
(Eventually, I'll steal the Yoga before bed idea too!)
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Date: 2015-02-24 04:59 am (UTC)And I can so vouch for the yoga before bed thing. It may sometimes be bothersome to stay up a bit longer if I haven't done it yet, but it always feels sooooo good!
Good man!
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