August 6, 2019 in Productivity Diary

Cannot fall asleep for some reason. I searched my memories but no I didn’t drink any coffee or tea today. Last two times I did and I couldn’t sleep at night were both with Emma. Funny. I need to text her or something.

I have decided that I won’t lie here wasting time. I’m gonna be up doing things until I’m really sleepy. I’ve been here for over an hour anyway.

1:23 am get up and get my desk out.

Darn it scrolling. This is it. No more Quora until September 6.

Three tasks per day:
-Teaching Prep
-Fix my sister’s essay
-Take photos of the book

1:46 am 10 minutes teaching prep
1:57 am 10 minutes fixing my sister’s essay
Am I sleepy yet?
2:09 am 10 minutes taking photos of the book

Ok fine more quora except for my daily quora digest. Absolutely no browsing!!!!!!!!!!

9:27 AM get up and wash my face
9:31 am turning on my laptop

5 minutes of the three tasks, then 15 m of cooking.

I have so much distractions. No more distraction. Only during exercise. See if I ever die deprived of youtube videos or entertainment articles.

I’m gonna go on a fast for the next month, because it is critical to my work.
-no Quora (strictly so– ok fine, except for whatever in my Digest about INFP but my favorite person in the world is an INFP)
-no Youtube videos (strictly so– ok fine, except for the studying playlist and the work out video and the recipes videos and the rosary videos)
-no article about any topic entertaining (strictly so)

Until September 6.

Just a little fun experiment okay? Okay.

-Teaching Prep
-Fix my sister’s essay
-Take photos of the book

9:50 am, done with 5 minutes teaching prep. 5 minutes fixing my sister’s essay.
10:04 am I went over. 5 minutes taking photos of the book now.
10:12 am 15 minutes cooking now!
10:42 am 5 minutes teaching prep again
10:48 am 5 minutes fixing my sister’s essay
10:55 am 5 minutes taking photos of the book
11:01 am taking my baked eggs out of the oven and have my brunch!

I think I’m gonna get a haircut today then straight to the grocery store.
-mayo
-frozen mixed veggies
-spinach and chick peas
-my serving of fruits and raw vegatables
-peanut butter

My sister said she could go to her school’s writing center, so I’m dropping one task.

-Teaching Prep (15 minutes)
-Go through the to-do list (sorry me, but I just have to)
-Take photos of the book

I just pushed myself to finish taking photos of the book, went for a haircut, then the grocery, then home again and I’ve been sitting here for a good 20 minutes.

2:44 pm crawl to my study corner again.

-Teaching Prep (15 minutes)
-Go through the to-do list (sorry me, but I just have to) (10 minutes)
-Cook and clean (10 minutes)
-2 minutes for the translation project

3:19 pm just done with the 15 minutes teaching prep. Now, 10 minutes going through the to-do list.
3:30 PM cook and clean, for real
4:09 PM took too long but at least I read about the recent mass shootings in America. 2 minutes translation project.
4:12 PM that was done quick. 15 minutes teaching prep.
4:28 pm 10 minutes on the to-do list

4 years of my life. What do I get? A wonderful experience with a beautiful human being who helped me build confidence like I never knew I could have in my life. I think that should be enough.

4:47 PM cooking and cleaning. Why does this have to be so long?
5:01 PM 2 minutes for the translation project.
5:05 PM I’m back to 15 minutes teaching prep. Is my brain gonna kill me? Do I need a break or at least to focus on one thing for a longer time?
5:21 PM take a break– sleep.
5:42 PM 10 minutes on the to-do list– I hate it.
6:10 PM So hard just to get myself through the list of emails to respond to. I’m so, so behind. Oh well, 10 minutes for cooking/cleaning now.
6:30 PM Eh, done. Now 5 minutes Latin and 5 minutes dissertation.
6:54 pm I served my punishment. Now, I want to go to the gym. I should do it right? Well okay, 2 minutes translation project.
7:30 pm I cannot move and that’s really not good at all. Really not good. Like I’m getting so lazy I mean. Today was okay… I wish I feel more productive. That’s fine. Let’s go run. Put on workout clothes.
8:30 pm my workout is done. I need to cook tonight. Shower.
8:46 pm eat.
9:08 pm am I just unmotivated? Lets put on pomodoro and finish cooking I guess?
10:37 pm I mean, cooking didn’t take THAT long. I made the easiest and quickest recipes I knew: chicken salad and spinach and chickpeas. Can’t wait to gobble up those peas.

But I’ve been spending the last 30 minutes playing around with the commenting function on Wordpress. I really want to write this someone but I want to maintain anonymity with him.

10:44 PM this is getting awful. 15 minutes teaching prep.
11:16 PM oh come on. I just don’t want to go down my to-do list. Oh well. 10 minutes.
11:35 PM Okay, it wasn’t too bad. It didn’t kill me. I have so much social anxiety on email, huh?
11:39 PM where did my precious 4 minutes go? Ok, let’s do some cleaning. However much is fine.
11:57 PM 2 minutes translation project. This is so going to kill me.
12:03 PM ok, check on my pot on the stove.
12:07 PM now, debate whether I shall watch entertaining videos while exercising. Will not. Will only watch Teded.

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