September 28, 1956 Dear Mr. Adams, Thanks for your letter inviting me to join the committee of the Arts and Sciences for Eisenhower. I must decline, for secret reasons. Sincerely, E.B.White
– TIM KREIDER “Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets…it is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done.”
MY SHINING DAY LUNCH 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 DRINK 8 GLASSES OF WATER SCHEDULE NOTES MOST IMPORTANT TASKS DAILY INSPIRATION THINGS TO DO EVERYDAY LEARN SOMETHING NEW CONNECT WITH OTHERS EAT SOMETHING GREEN MEDITATE MAKE OR CREATE SOMETHING MOVE MY BODY
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SOURCES • DEEP WORK by Cal Newport http://calnewport.com/books/deep-work/ • THE PROFITABLE SIDE PROJECT HANDBOOK by Rachel Andrew https://rachelandrew.co.uk/books/the-profitable-side-project • THE 4 DISCIPLINES OF EXECUTION by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling http://the4disciplinesofexecution.com/ • SLOW THE F*CK DOWN by Eric Karjaluoto http://blog.officehours.io/slow-the-fuck-down/ • HOW TO SAY NO GRACEFULLY by Greg McKeown http://gregmckeown.com/blog/how-to-say-no-gracefully/