Second the advice about early starts. Engineering and then grad school inevitably turned me into an insomniac but my productivity since I had to (more like was

Second the advice about early starts. Engineering and then grad school inevitably turned me into an insomniac but my productivity since I had to (more like was forced to) start waking up early as increased a lot. And re: "Find poetry in the humdrum". If big chunks of your life regularly feel humdrum, you're either doing it wrong or doing the wrong thing.