Tired
Recently I've been getting a lot better at being productive on less than 8 hours of sleep. But today.... OOF. I didn't prepare enough for sleep, and getting by on 3 hours is tough.
Part of me wonder whether it's reasonable to strive for discipline even with 3 hours of sleep? It seems like something that's anecdotally possible, like if you are a hardcore monk, but only if the day itself was not that intensive.
Regardless, an interesting finding today was that I can be ok productive even with 3 hours of sleep, as long as it doesn't require much conscious thinking or willpower. Things like doing the dishes, process incoming mail, etc...
On the other hand, I do find myself getting sucked into pleasant distractions. Things that may be a bit productive or feel really nice, but doesn't seem to contribute much after the fact. Daydreaming, for example. These are actually a lot of fun, but perhaps not so much where there's work to be done.
The to start planning the end of the day during the morning...
(Addendum: one of the other inconveniences of inconsistent sleep is inconsistent headspaces on awaking. It's quite difficult to get a clear sense of what I like and how I feel about certain things when they are actually pretty dependent on how much sleep I got.)
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