Productivity
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At work I experimented with moving most of my admin tasks to the early afternoon. I’ve noticed that whatever I work on first tends to eat up most of my time and crowd out anything that comes later, so for my daily routine that week, after some everyday tasks in the morning I launched into my main project for the day until lunch. My brain tends to reset at that point, which naturally segments my day, so in the afternoon I started with my miscellaneous tasks and then switched back to the main project if I had time left. This new routine worked very well and gave my main project more time while still keeping other tasks moving.
Spirituality
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In my devotional times I added a regular review of what God has been teaching me lately. This is a question that gets asked in some Christian circles, and I thought it’d be a good one to ask myself. I found it lets me build on recent themes in my reflections and keeps me on the lookout for more things to learn. It also reminded me what an intriguing time I’ve been having with this morning devotional practice and its spinoffs. That week the main theme was that spiritual health depends on persistent seeking.
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Struggling through my Friday fast reminded me that sleep is important. I stuck with my evening fast time instead of trying for lunch because I knew my work would suffer that day without fuel and especially caffeine, and it was a good idea because I had to push myself through the whole day anyway. But it led to another insight during my fast time devo: I need a ladder of spiritual engagement that will support me both when I’m strong and aligned and when I’m weak and wayward. In my rough sketch of my ladder, the lower, weaker end is occupied by sleep and food, nature and journaling are around the middle, and at the upper end is service.
Spiritual health depends on persistent seeking. Good point!
Reinvention is often a source of growth!