I do a low-grade speedrun in the morning, every day. If you make it a habit, it becomes less of a stressful “speedrun”, and more of “how you do things”.
Example:
Roll out of bed, grab phones
While walking through hallway flip on heat
Wander to office, put phones on desk where they’ll sit all day long
Put on clothes and socks that were put on my chair the night before
Bathroom
Stumble to kitchen
Fill teapot, put on stove
Fill water purifier back up
Put coffee grounds in mug
Do a set of pushups
Go to office, power up monitors, start catching up
Go to kitchen after a few minutes, shut off stove, pour coffee
You know, from the outside, that looks pretty ridiculous. It is fast and efficient though. Thank you, Covid lockdown?
For sure! In fact, I do some things in that mode all the time. For example, most of the cognitive load left in my workday is dedicated to routing the most efficient path on the fly so I can fit more tasks in less time (and therefore have a leisurely lunch time). The primary reason for deliberately making my morning routine less efficient is to make sure that when I need to save time, there’s plenty of time to save. Some things are better done with great efficiency, while others benefit from having built-in buffers for when things go wrong.
I do a low-grade speedrun in the morning, every day. If you make it a habit, it becomes less of a stressful “speedrun”, and more of “how you do things”.
Example:
Roll out of bed, grab phones
While walking through hallway flip on heat
Wander to office, put phones on desk where they’ll sit all day long
Put on clothes and socks that were put on my chair the night before
Bathroom
Stumble to kitchen
Fill teapot, put on stove
Fill water purifier back up
Put coffee grounds in mug
Do a set of pushups
Go to office, power up monitors, start catching up
Go to kitchen after a few minutes, shut off stove, pour coffee
You know, from the outside, that looks pretty ridiculous. It is fast and efficient though. Thank you, Covid lockdown?
For sure! In fact, I do some things in that mode all the time. For example, most of the cognitive load left in my workday is dedicated to routing the most efficient path on the fly so I can fit more tasks in less time (and therefore have a leisurely lunch time). The primary reason for deliberately making my morning routine less efficient is to make sure that when I need to save time, there’s plenty of time to save. Some things are better done with great efficiency, while others benefit from having built-in buffers for when things go wrong.
Also, I like my coffee brewed a bit longer.
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