I’m no stranger to trying different rituals myself. In fact, I’ve read a lot of personal development. But I still find it hard to implement things for any length of time.
One of the lessons I’ve learned is keep things as simple as possible—simpler than you think is reasonable. For example, my bare morning ritual, which I stick to most of the time, is about 15 minutes, but makes my mornings far more pleasant. A second lesson that is 100% ingrained in me is to wait awhile before thinking something is a success.
It’s so cool that another SLC LWer takes these things seriously—which is why you should help me put together an instrumental rationality subgroup.
EDIT: I didn’t see that you stop yourself from changing the ritual more frequently than every two weeks. That’s something I myself have trouble with—I kept wanting to update my rituals every few days for awhile, until recently, when i decided to just say heck with the rituals for now, I’ll just start with something easier.
Haha, well that takes openness: first, I wash out my eyes, pee, drink about 8 oz water, and eat a bowl of cereal. This takes about 5 minutes. Then I log onto my computer and read a few posts from the archive of one of my favorite bloggers for about 10 minutes; this allows me to both wake up gradually and painlessly, and to start the day feeling a bit smarter and more inspired. After this I try to work on some of my most important work for the day to get that done early.
I kinda wish I did. No, I’m “just” a student. I mean, I’m going to be studying my whole life, so this is just a more concentrated, and credentialed, time of study. I don’t even have a part-time job, although i did recently. The ‘most important things’ can be for school, psychology labs, clubs (including the LW Meetup I’ve started), or for more personal endeavors (like working on self improvement goals).
I’m no stranger to trying different rituals myself. In fact, I’ve read a lot of personal development. But I still find it hard to implement things for any length of time.
One of the lessons I’ve learned is keep things as simple as possible—simpler than you think is reasonable. For example, my bare morning ritual, which I stick to most of the time, is about 15 minutes, but makes my mornings far more pleasant. A second lesson that is 100% ingrained in me is to wait awhile before thinking something is a success.
It’s so cool that another SLC LWer takes these things seriously—which is why you should help me put together an instrumental rationality subgroup.
EDIT: I didn’t see that you stop yourself from changing the ritual more frequently than every two weeks. That’s something I myself have trouble with—I kept wanting to update my rituals every few days for awhile, until recently, when i decided to just say heck with the rituals for now, I’ll just start with something easier.
What is your 15 minute morning ritual?
Haha, well that takes openness: first, I wash out my eyes, pee, drink about 8 oz water, and eat a bowl of cereal. This takes about 5 minutes. Then I log onto my computer and read a few posts from the archive of one of my favorite bloggers for about 10 minutes; this allows me to both wake up gradually and painlessly, and to start the day feeling a bit smarter and more inspired. After this I try to work on some of my most important work for the day to get that done early.
You work at home?
I kinda wish I did. No, I’m “just” a student. I mean, I’m going to be studying my whole life, so this is just a more concentrated, and credentialed, time of study. I don’t even have a part-time job, although i did recently. The ‘most important things’ can be for school, psychology labs, clubs (including the LW Meetup I’ve started), or for more personal endeavors (like working on self improvement goals).