How this works
We are what we do. We are a verb, not a noun. Failing to progress is being stressed and they cause
each other. Procrastination is being scattered, anxious, worried, and jittery. The goal here is to
break the cycle by relaxing and taking control.
- Health comes first, physical and mental
- Pay high value attention to family and friends, nurture, listen, invest
- Start relaxed, set direction, laser focus! get hyped!
- Trust your notes on what gives/saps energy, do them even if you don’t want to. Practice
discipline
- Reminder experiments can take a week (e.g. no phone for a week) but being comfortable in a new
schedule takes ~3mo (e.g. wakeup at 5am with no alarm). Identify which is which and don’t label as
a failed experiment before time has done it’s work.
2023
| Time | Activity |
|---|
| 5-5:40am | Water, Workout, Shower |
| 5:45-7am | Side project with breakfast and coffee |
| 7-8am | Reyan focus time |
| 8-8:15am | Mindfulness, workspace setup for the day |
| 8:15-11:30am | Hard work pays off! |
| 11:30-12:30pm | Regroup, refuel, recharge, walk the dogs |
| 12:30-5pm | Finish strong! |
| 5-7pm | Family focus time |
| 7-8:30pm | Read, podcast, relax, reflect |
| 8:30pm | Bed time |
Weekly
| Day | Activity |
|---|
| Friday | Deep weekly reflection and schedule adjustments |
| Saturday | Podcast and connect with friends |
| Sunday | Dedicated family time, relaxation, work prep for the next week |
Energy Balance (techniques)
| Saps | Gives |
|---|
| Clutter build up | Tidy up, do the dishes |
| Jumping in distracted | Daily meditation 10min |
| Pushing through | Break for walking the dog |
| Relaxed mindset | Disciplined mindset |
| Watching YouTube | Progress on side projects |
| Caffeine too much or too early | One coffee mid-morning, no coffee on weekends |
| Dropping tasks for lack of time | Making progress everywhere consistently |
Software
Hardware
| Category | Tool |
|---|
| Computer | Macbook Pro (M chip) |
| Keyboard | Glove80 |
2022
| Time | Activity |
|---|
| 5-6am | Read / homework / blog |
| 7am | Wake up Reyan |
| 8am | Drive Reyan to school |
| 8:20am | 20 minute cardio workout, shower |
| 8:45am | 10 minute mindfulness |
| 9:00am | Start work |
| 11:30am | Walk the dog for lunch |
| 4:30pm | Family time |
| 7:00pm | Leisure time (games and youtube) |
| 8:30pm | Bed time |
Weekly
| Day | Activity |
|---|
| Friday | Week review and schedule adjustment |
| Saturday | Podcast |
| Saturday | Isolated learning time, personal growth |
| Sunday | Dedicated family time, relaxation, work prep for the next week |
Changelog
2023-06-22
- Dropped off podcast publishing for a while as it’s getting difficult to get people committed to a
schedule
- New keyboard Glove80 with totally revamped custom layout, this took about a month to get back to
reasonable speed with and should pay off many times over in the next year
2023-06-22
- Add energy balance section
- Major refactor to schedule putting exercise first
- Adds weekly Friday reflection
2023-03-1
- Update coding from VSCode with vim to Neovim
- Update browser from Brave to Arc
- Update blog from Nextjs to Astro
