Motivation

Today I woke up and was relaxed enough to eat breakfast. Too relaxed – I had eaten way too much the night before, and too much for breakfast, and then too much for lunch. It was nice though because I had not been willing to eat anything for basically the past three weeks since I was so worried about my future. I was convinced I was totally doomed, but even though I just got a response that one job I was hoping for didn’t work out, I was able to stay calm because I knew I had other options.

Getting up was entirely different as well: I wasn’t in a rush to jump up at 4:30 in the morning, so instead I laid in bed and stared at my phone until the last minute before I could reasonably shower and drive down to an appointment I had made. It was during this process I realized that my standard method for waking up in the morning is not as efficient as it should be. It’s terrible to have to wake up too early, but needing to get to work certainly gets you going, and once you’re their, even if you’re tired, you’re as productive as an be – especially with a little coffee. If i’m trying to maintain my productivity, the best thing for me might be to just get out of bed in the morning, instead of laying around on my phone. A while back I had issues sleeping because I was so restless: the solution was exercise, of course, but also not using electronics in bed so that you would associate it purely with sleep. I didn’t necessarily reduce electronic use, as one might hope, but it did get rid of the restlessness, so that’s something. Electronics also definitely keep you awake, so the less they’re used in bed the better.

Anyways, it’s time for me to figure out the best way for me to maximize productivity. I’ve noticed now that I’m mostly out of my college apartment I have a much easier time focusing, not to mention the stress of trying to find a job and solidify a career. I also know that I’ll need to exercise in order to keep away that nasty mental fog that was all too close a friend in middle and high school. All of this is important, but perhaps something really interesting is the way that I utilize creative bursts and inspirations. Sometimes I tire myself out doing things that aren’t very productive – video games mainly, but frankly piano a little bit too. I don’t think I can give up the latter, but it could be that games are too good at distracting me from doing real work that I would do without them. Also, caffeine.

It feels good though, to be productive. I’ll have to schedule my time in the future I think, but it feels really good. So: enough sleep, exercise, the teeniest bit of anxiety, getting right out of bed when you wake up, and of course, coffee. Cheers!