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The question "what part of your identity is of value to you?" sounds like it can rescue the original philosophical meaning of the question, I think.
Interesting thing about the 30 is it also has a small healthy meal attached. Eben says it has to do with maintaining blood sugar - could possibly be that without the meal, you're simply depleting your willpower/blood glucose, Which is why you can't do more than two in a row
That's a good point. I often eat while working or during my fifteen minute break, and I agree that feels very important for keeping my energy up. I don't know if I ought to dedicate time to eating and only eating, or if I should not eat for the two hour work block, though.
From your description, your break looks more like a change in type of work, for the most part. The useful tasks you outline probably couldn't actually fill up 15 minutes, but just from reading the description it looks dominated by things I also wouldn't consider to be 'resting'.
From your description, your break looks more like a change in type of work, for the most part.
That's fair. Maybe "work - plan" is a better description than "work - rest"? I personally find the different kind of work still restful, in that I'm getting food, moving around, thinking about different things, not focusing super-hard, but I guess other people might differ on that. Interesting to know.
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Eben Pagan has his 60-60-30 technique based around circadian rhythms, may be worth looking into for you:
Huh, 60-60-30, which is really 50(work)-10(break)-50(work)-30(break). Not too different from my proposal, except for the thirty minute break. I wonder how crucial that part is. Interestingly, I've never managed to do more than two of these 45-15 in a row, so maybe that's something.
Thanks.
I was thinking of social support of other people's goals.
Strictly speaking, is there any advantage for people who want to improve themselves to coordinate their efforts to start on the same day?
Not really, but there's an advantage to having one particular day on which to do things, to avoid the "I'll do it someday" problem.
How much? :)
It depends. No hard and fast limit yet. I usually have to walk at least to get more food, refill my water bottle, go to the bathroom, etc. Sometimes I walk around more. If I'm tired, I like to take a 5-10min walk outside.
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Do you walk around for at least a little bit of this 15 minute period?
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In my opinion you are not resting at all, if that's your routine.
Different things work for different people. If you need more rest, then modify the routine accordingly. Or maybe this routine simply isn't for you. Consider that it may be for others.
Also, it's not like one would do this 24/7. Longer rests -- "real rests" -- can take place.
You also may underestimate how long fifteen minutes is.
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I've made a decision to read fiction primarily in foreign languages, to get some side benefit from it (in addition to the entertainment). This did slow my reading down (I am quite a fast reader) - several times unless I am already proficient in the language. This is mostly because of my conscious effort to pay attention to the grammar and vocabulary (dictionary lookup not included) - otherwise the slowing down would not be so pronounced.
I found out that after 5 or 10 books (and introductory lessons), reading in a foreign language stops being a hard work and becomes enjoyable again.
That's an awesome idea! I'll do that if I ever learn a foreign language well enough...
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No, that assumes there is such a thing as "your identity" beyond what yourself and others ascribe to you. There's really only just your causal history.
Besides, psychological experiments show that when talking about others rather than themselves, people tend to identify "personal identity" and "moral character or alignment". So that answers that.
Reduce further -- "what part of the character traits that you and others see yourself as possessing do you value?"