The main point of this piece is not that you take time at the end of the day, or in the middle, or a few times throughout. The point is that, whenever you do it

The main point of this piece is not that you take time at the end of the day, or in the middle, or a few times throughout. The point is that, whenever you do it, you need to take time to think, time to reflect on what you've been doing. If you never take time to reflect and answer some of the nagging bigger questions, you severely short-change your long-term effectiveness. I've been running an experiment recently to take at least 15 minutes each day to think about my research (I do neuroscience research for a university in DC). The results have been great, and I'm starting to add in more reflective time throughout the day, even when I'm not 'working'. If you're interested, I have been, and will continue to be, writing about it here: http://joshrule.com/blog http://joshrule.com/blog. Look for posts about trial 2.