Yesterday, I talked about how being honesty making life easier. Today is a new day.
There was once a time where I used to go to bed at 1:00 and wake up a 5:00 in the morning for work and felt perfectly fine. Running on only 4 hours I was a pretty groggy, but after washing my face and brushing my teeth I was fit as a fiddle. Now that I don't have to wake up early anymore I've long since abandoned that lifestyle. I usually only need about 5 hours of sleep to feel fine, but when I think about the 7-8 hours I sleep most days I also think about how much I could do in the extra 2-3 hours I choose to spend sleeping.
I want to be more consistent in writing the daily posts around the same time. My work schedule varies throughout the week. Some days I work in the morning, others in the evening. However, if I woke up earlier and wrote them first-thing in the morning I could make that happen. I'd have more time to draw, read, study, practice piano, etc. I could do so much with that time, it's crazy. In just one year, having an extra 3 hours of being awake would give me an additional 1095 hours of productivity. Let that sink in for a moment. It's generally believed that it takes about 10,000 hours of dedicated practice to truly master something. If you dedicated 3 hours a day practicing one thing it would take about 10 years for you to master it.
Our life is short. It feels like yesterday that I was still a kid running around during recess without a care in the world. Before I know it I'll be hitting my 30's, 40's, and then I'll be an old 70 year-old man in a flash. There's no getting back the time we've spent and so it's something that's very valuable to us. I think that makes it all the more important to find something to do with our time. I think finding the right balance between rest and productivity is what we need. We're free to do what we want and we all have our own prerogatives; but in my case, I'm going to work on cutting back on my sleep so I can take more time to build myself up and learn new skills.
Peace
"The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it." - PlutarchI woke up this morning thinking about how I sleep too much. In Japan, it's common for everyone to wake up really early. I ask my students and a lot of them wake up around 6 o'clock. Compared to my 8 o'clock wake-up time these kids have already gotten up, brushed their teeth, had breakfast, probably had time to watch some TV, and are already starting school. Feels bad.
There was once a time where I used to go to bed at 1:00 and wake up a 5:00 in the morning for work and felt perfectly fine. Running on only 4 hours I was a pretty groggy, but after washing my face and brushing my teeth I was fit as a fiddle. Now that I don't have to wake up early anymore I've long since abandoned that lifestyle. I usually only need about 5 hours of sleep to feel fine, but when I think about the 7-8 hours I sleep most days I also think about how much I could do in the extra 2-3 hours I choose to spend sleeping.
I want to be more consistent in writing the daily posts around the same time. My work schedule varies throughout the week. Some days I work in the morning, others in the evening. However, if I woke up earlier and wrote them first-thing in the morning I could make that happen. I'd have more time to draw, read, study, practice piano, etc. I could do so much with that time, it's crazy. In just one year, having an extra 3 hours of being awake would give me an additional 1095 hours of productivity. Let that sink in for a moment. It's generally believed that it takes about 10,000 hours of dedicated practice to truly master something. If you dedicated 3 hours a day practicing one thing it would take about 10 years for you to master it.
Our life is short. It feels like yesterday that I was still a kid running around during recess without a care in the world. Before I know it I'll be hitting my 30's, 40's, and then I'll be an old 70 year-old man in a flash. There's no getting back the time we've spent and so it's something that's very valuable to us. I think that makes it all the more important to find something to do with our time. I think finding the right balance between rest and productivity is what we need. We're free to do what we want and we all have our own prerogatives; but in my case, I'm going to work on cutting back on my sleep so I can take more time to build myself up and learn new skills.
Peace
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| The time we have left we can't get back, what we choose to do with it is up to us to decide. |
How do you want to use your time?
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