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I'm considering doing that myself. But it cripples your social life, yeah? That what's been holding me back. I'm single and in the dating scene. Or do you sta

I'm considering doing that myself. But it cripples your social life, yeah? That what's been holding me back. I'm single and in the dating scene. Or do you stay up later on weekends? Or perhaps you're able to do longer days because it's more meaningful now. How do you manage?

jrockway 16y ago
Not sure. My willpower is limited, so sometimes I totally ignore my "routine" and sleep in to noon. (I did today.) It's 2:30AM here now, so obviously I am not going to be waking up at 4AM today :) I am sticking with the 4am thing for two reasons. One, I like to ride my bike around 5:30 or 6-ish in the morning because nobody is out running on the trail I like at that time. (Runners are very dangerous.) If I go in the afternoon, I have to skip the trail and use surface streets instead, and a 14 mile ride takes an hour and a half. In the morning, I can do 25 miles in that time. So more exercise, less cars, and better scenery is one incentive to get up. Another thing is that I have all my meals delivered via some service that does that, and they come at around 4:30 or 5. So I have to get out of bed anyway. In the end, there is an infinite number of things to do that take time, but only a finite number of hours in a day. So if you are intent on setting a routine, you aren't going to be able to do everything you want. If you are flexible, though, then you might be able to. For me, I identified, "I am tired after work" and moved things that don't require being non-tired (watching TV and sleeping) to after work. Then I moved everything else to before.
- sachitgupta 16y ago
  What's the service that delivers meals and are you based around NY by any chance?
  - jrockway 16y ago
    I'm in Chicago, but I read about the idea in the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/dining/05diet.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/dining/05diet.html Here in Chicago, I use Organic Life: http://organiclifeonline.com/flash.html http://organiclifeonline.com/flash.html. It's expensive and you don't get a lot of food, but everything is very good for you and I've lost about 8 pounds in 2 weeks. Lots of green vegetables, fiber, and fish. And I get steak and potatoes every so often!

jrockway 16y ago

Not sure. My willpower is limited, so sometimes I totally ignore my "routine" and sleep in to noon. (I did today.) It's 2:30AM here now, so obviously I am not going to be waking up at 4AM today :) I am sticking with the 4am thing for two reasons. One, I like to ride my bike around 5:30 or 6-ish in the morning because nobody is out running on the trail I like at that time. (Runners are very dangerous.) If I go in the afternoon, I have to skip the trail and use surface streets instead, and a 14 mile ride takes an hour and a half. In the morning, I can do 25 miles in that time. So more exercise, less cars, and better scenery is one incentive to get up. Another thing is that I have all my meals delivered via some service that does that, and they come at around 4:30 or 5. So I have to get out of bed anyway. In the end, there is an infinite number of things to do that take time, but only a finite number of hours in a day. So if you are intent on setting a routine, you aren't going to be able to do everything you want. If you are flexible, though, then you might be able to. For me, I identified, "I am tired after work" and moved things that don't require being non-tired (watching TV and sleeping) to after work. Then I moved everything else to before.

sachitgupta 16y ago
What's the service that delivers meals and are you based around NY by any chance?
- jrockway 16y ago
  I'm in Chicago, but I read about the idea in the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/dining/05diet.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/dining/05diet.html Here in Chicago, I use Organic Life: http://organiclifeonline.com/flash.html http://organiclifeonline.com/flash.html. It's expensive and you don't get a lot of food, but everything is very good for you and I've lost about 8 pounds in 2 weeks. Lots of green vegetables, fiber, and fish. And I get steak and potatoes every so often!