This week marks the half way point of this course and a week without social media. My phone has nothing on it no socials and no email. And truth be told I don’t mind it.
Cal lead this week’s lessons with relaxation is overrated, he explains how the common myth that our brains need down time or relaxation time isn’t true, aside from sleep. What our brains really need is a change of activity. This lesson reminded my of the old Irish saying: ‘A change is as a good as a break’.
Following on from this Cal stressed the importance of high quality leisure time, that is not just sitting down to binge tv shows but to plan fun activities like drawing or walking. It is essentially stopping all low quality leisure time for high quality pursuits.
Scott finishes out the week with a recap and to dispel some misconceptions. He emphasises that aiming to have high quality leisure activities is not the same as becoming a workaholic.
Many well intentioned students replace tv with reading classics. This behaviour will not stand the friction of everyday life. The goal is to pick activities you love and go with them.
This week I have finished studying the book Deep Work, it was very helpful to slow go through it in tandem with the course. I have now start with Ultralearning by Scott which will hopefully have the same compounding effect.
This week I was slow to start my deep work only getting 2 hours done on Monday due to lagging hangover. The rest of the week was very productive and time blocking has really transformed the amount of work I can get done in a day and by what time I finish work. I did a total of 13.5 hours in the week. I am doing more work each day now than before in less time. I always finish by 5. My shutdown routine has been on the back burner for three weeks now, I have decided to have one main shutdown procedure at the end of the day but also a small routine at the end of each 90 minute block.
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