Last week was, without a doubt, the most productive and healthy week in memory. I got plenty of sleep, didn’t fuck with caffeine, and produced an incredible (for me) amount of code. I felt like a machine, during the day, and a normal, happy person outside of work hours. My system seems to expect a certain amount of exertion; if I’m not spending that energy on productive endeavors, it throws my whole life out of whack.
I came very close to hitting my perfect score, except I started running out of steam on Friday afternoon. I lost focus, couldn’t think about work, and had to take a nap. Then I went out to a party … the system sort of broke down on Friday, but I don’t feel the need to change it right now.
Compared to previous weeks, I had less items. Several longtime goals (such as reading every day for an hour) sound nice on paper, but in reality are simply impossible. I think it’s important to remove such items, because their inevitable failure undermines the entire project. The point is to function on a high level, not to create hardship. Eight hours of work per day is the foundation of this system; I don’t need additional, impressive challenges on top of it.
