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I think it's more that after 8 exhausting hours, I don't have energy anymore for anything. The 8 exhausting hours would be a day full of meetings, after which m
by rolisz 5y ago
I think it's more that after 8 exhausting hours, I don't have energy anymore for anything. The 8 exhausting hours would be a day full of meetings, after which my brain is a mush and doesn't work anymore.
- VeninVidiaVicii 5y agoYes and imagine an intense level of stress when your partner asks what kind of movie you want to watch. Because, your brain just cannot process a single new decision.
- bredren 5y agoConsider keeping a list of media you want to watch for occasions like this. Exhausted or not, you’re probably more likely to come across something unexpectedly and write it down than remember them all and offer up something fitting from memory.
- scns 5y agoWell, the watchlist gets longer and when i want to watch something it is hard to choose.
- vbezhenar 5y agoYou wrote it as a humour. But I learned that if I minimize an amount of decisions I have to do in my life, that makes me more productive at work. I believe that making a decision is the most exhausting activity, at least for me. I can spend my daily decision limit to choosing a movie or choosing a framework.
- scns 5y agoI read that Steve Jobs chose one outfit to wear every day. One less choice to make. Rituals/Habits help too. I learned the hard way that organization actually frees yourself to do stuff.
- teekert 5y agoI don’t believe this, if you push yourself to bike through a forrest, run until you’re out of breath, talk a long walk after work… You’ll come back with more energy then when you spend that time on the couch binging Squid Game. There is just no doubt in my mind about this. But it may start out feeling like a diet for the mind, that I am willing to believe. But like with a healthy diet you’ll benefit immensely over time. But it requires discipline.
- rolisz 5y agoI do workout regularly and I do go for walks. But like a diet, the effect is long term, not immediate.
- manmal 5y agoHuman metabolism, and also the brain, needs rest after exertion in order to be able to do more work. Some people have it easier in that regard, but everybody has their own limits. Discipline in that context means pushing limits, which is not advisable long-term. Every system eventually fails when put under too much ongoing stress - burnout (/overtraining) is one of the lesser problems this can create.
- teekert 5y agoPushing limits in terms of the brain is binging garbage in stead of looking at trees, listening to birds. Pushing the limits of a body is sitting in a chair for 8 hours, barely moving, in stead of walking around doing stuff with your hands, taking a swim, climbing a tree picking some nuts. We should make no mistakes about what the natural actions and states of our minds and bodies are.
- manmal 5y agoSounds like good advice for people who work out of a cabin in or near the woods, and probably don’t have kids or a partner with their own schedule.
- akgerber 5y ago
- aloner 5y agoHaving a 15 to 30 minutes nap when my brains is mushy usually allow me to reset and get my mind in a more energized state, might be worth trying for you too.