Originally Posted by
kimiwane
So I'd like to ask how you get started.
Also, what do you do at work? How soon do you have to be there and how do you get there?
I walk in and I have a bit of flexibility. I can get there anywhere from 7:45 AM until about 9:00 AM with no one questioning it. But I would like to get some ideas about how other people motivate themselves in the morning. (Not a problem with my motivation...another thing I tend to tell myself often is a quote from Woody Allen: "90% of Success is Showing UP.") I don't have a problem getting there, but I'd like to get an idea of how other people start the day.
Thanks for your input!
Well, I do not use an alarm clock, so I usually decide what time I will get up before going to sleep the night before. It works about 95% of the time: the 5% is if I have been drinking alcohol the night before, like at a dinner party.
I usually calculate where I have to be at what time and then work backwards. Tomorrow, for example, I have a major appointment at 10, marking entrance examination papers. It takes about 45 minutes to drive to school, so I plan to leave the house at just after 9. Which means I need to get up at 7, if I want time to read the papers over breakfast and have a shower.
And also check my e-mail. Because of the time difference between Japan and the US, E-Budo is sometimes quite active when I am asleep and so I wake up to find a large number of posts.
As I've got older, I've noticed that I need less sleep and usually wake up well before the decided time for getting up, at least 95% of the time, like I said. I've also become more aware of a sort of 'limbo' stage between actually dreaming and being awake. I have been teaching Descartes and The Matrix recently, so I have been more attuned to 'dream' issues.
Best,
Peter Goldsbury,
Forum Administrator,
Hiroshima, Japan