Good point. I have a tendency to treat the marathon like a sprint. Any plans for how to improve your pacing?
You’ve inspired me to come up with a mental list of “warning signs” that I should use as an indication I need to drop my hours for a while. (I’m thinking: skipping meals, drops in concentration and finding it harder to keep my temper).
My current plan is to make an effort to relax, specifically by beating a type of vague fear about “But what if I’m slacking off on X and no one is telling me! I’ll (get fired/divorced/socially crushed) I have to work harder on the off hand chance that happens!” that I have periodically, particularly because, I have NO evidence of this fear, which hopefully will make it easier to beat.
All evidence points towards other people letting me know when I get anywhere near a lack of acceptable effort. If people think I’m slacking off, they’ll let me know, like they have in the past. I have no need to work at above the pace I can keep at all times on the off hand chance someone might be quietly fuming about me being lazy and going from everything looks fine to unrecoverable/horrible in seconds.
Good point. I have a tendency to treat the marathon like a sprint. Any plans for how to improve your pacing?
You’ve inspired me to come up with a mental list of “warning signs” that I should use as an indication I need to drop my hours for a while. (I’m thinking: skipping meals, drops in concentration and finding it harder to keep my temper).
My current plan is to make an effort to relax, specifically by beating a type of vague fear about “But what if I’m slacking off on X and no one is telling me! I’ll (get fired/divorced/socially crushed) I have to work harder on the off hand chance that happens!” that I have periodically, particularly because, I have NO evidence of this fear, which hopefully will make it easier to beat.
All evidence points towards other people letting me know when I get anywhere near a lack of acceptable effort. If people think I’m slacking off, they’ll let me know, like they have in the past. I have no need to work at above the pace I can keep at all times on the off hand chance someone might be quietly fuming about me being lazy and going from everything looks fine to unrecoverable/horrible in seconds.