Mornings. I work at home, so when I wake I start the teakettle and settle into my recliner with a laptop. The first thirty minutes are for email, social media, and just getting the brain fluid sufficiently caffeinated so it can conduct thought.
Then I break for a shower, and after that I make a second pot of tea and start studying - at least an hour of reading programming blogs, Safari Books Online, or watching videos from Coursera or Pluralsight or other providers, before I switch to my office chair and begin the work day in earnest. One hour a day is the target, sometimes more, sometimes less, and often I'll take a whole day on a weekend to deep dive into a topic.
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Thanks so much for sharing, your method sounds potentially ideal for my current situation. I'll try a modification of it for 2 weeks and see how it goes (maybe write an article about the experiment). I'm in the process of moving and it has shifted my work schedule earlier (6:30-7am ish arrival time earlier) and the office is dead quiet then. I could use hitting the gym or a 30 minute walk around the neighborhood as my break. One question though, just how big is this teapot I need to know for experiment replication science 😜?
Two cups! Two cups is ideal because after it runs out, I'll make a different kind of tea for the next serving. Today, for example, I began with a black Chinese Yunnan for the wakey-wakey phase, and now am drinking a mountain-grown Taiwanese Oolong for the study phase; for the first hour of the work phase it'll be something completely different.
Same for me. Early mornings are key to a good start to learning. I've realized that staying in bed for those extra 30 seconds always ends up turning into a late start, which in turn throws me off for the rest of the day.
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Mornings. I work at home, so when I wake I start the teakettle and settle into my recliner with a laptop. The first thirty minutes are for email, social media, and just getting the brain fluid sufficiently caffeinated so it can conduct thought.
Then I break for a shower, and after that I make a second pot of tea and start studying - at least an hour of reading programming blogs, Safari Books Online, or watching videos from Coursera or Pluralsight or other providers, before I switch to my office chair and begin the work day in earnest. One hour a day is the target, sometimes more, sometimes less, and often I'll take a whole day on a weekend to deep dive into a topic.
Thanks so much for sharing, your method sounds potentially ideal for my current situation. I'll try a modification of it for 2 weeks and see how it goes (maybe write an article about the experiment). I'm in the process of moving and it has shifted my work schedule earlier (6:30-7am ish arrival time earlier) and the office is dead quiet then. I could use hitting the gym or a 30 minute walk around the neighborhood as my break. One question though, just how big is this teapot I need to know for experiment replication science 😜?
Two cups! Two cups is ideal because after it runs out, I'll make a different kind of tea for the next serving. Today, for example, I began with a black Chinese Yunnan for the wakey-wakey phase, and now am drinking a mountain-grown Taiwanese Oolong for the study phase; for the first hour of the work phase it'll be something completely different.
Same for me. Early mornings are key to a good start to learning. I've realized that staying in bed for those extra 30 seconds always ends up turning into a late start, which in turn throws me off for the rest of the day.