Notes on Routine and Habits.

A typical day usually begins at around 6:00am. I rise and work-out with a mix of weights and callisthenics for an hour on an empty stomach. I have breakfast, a protein shake, 5g-10g creatine, and a coffee. I usually ever only drink one cup per day.

I immediately set off to complete the tasks I have waiting in my notes. I have about 3 hours of undisturbed flow before the distraction surrounding lunch-time pulls me away from the work. My goal for each day, is to complete at least a single task that should take about 3 hours to complete — Or between 4 to 5 pomodoros.

After the last pomodoro, I usually cook for a half-hour, and then eat for a half-hour, and then walk for an hour, to fully leave the haze of the flowstate. The afternoon is spent doing maintenance aboard, superficial work and experiments. But mostly, the afternoon is spent reading and learning. The goal is to build a catalog of exciting things to wake up to the next day and to experiment with.

The superficial work that I do involves answering emails, replying to forums, editing wikipedia entries, doing maintenance to various repositories, and so on..

The day ends with journaling for a half-hour at which point I record the tasks done, and the lessons learned. Before sleeping, I usually read for a half-hour, I go to bed with a book, and a highlighter pen. I overline the things I want to keep for a later use, or to revisit.

I have kept journals recording the oscillation of Efficiency and Effectiveness, and used this data to optimize and navigate my own personal tempers. Based on previously recorded patterns, I assign to myself each day a single task to complete. The task is chosen specifically to utilize the optimal amount of available stamina.

When a workday ends before the daily tasks are completed, the day was a planning failure; and the tasks are broken down into smaller tasks, each assigned to one day. When a task is completed too early, the day is also a planning failure.

I try to not go to sleep until I have recorded the events of day in some form, and ideas for the next one. The ideas are selected in the following order: I first address the problems that slow me down, the things I find lacking in my life and the answers to questions that occupies my mind and keep me up at night.

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