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blog.notryan.com/008.txt                                       Mon, 04 May 2020
Ryan Jacobs                                                      22:44:00 -0700
                                My Best 4 Hours
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Very briefly, I am going to explain how I allocate my time towards education,
work, and personal projects.

Time is limited. We all know that. The quality of our time is limited too.
There is a nuanced difference between several sections of our day. I like to
assume eight hours of sleep, and split the remaining sixteen hours into four
quarters.

My best four hours are the second four hours of my day. I try not to waste
them. If I have a mentally challenging task at hand, I promise myself this: I
will give it my best four hours. Nothing more than that. Just the bare minimum.

I find that this small promise is enough to get me moving. If I _really don't
want_ to get the task done, (because you know, procrastination is a cruel
beast), then I promise myself I will use only *one* of my best four hours.  I
tell myself, "Just one, how bad could it be? You can have the rest of the day
off. Just give it one of your best four hours."

Maybe that one hour turns into two or three, but at least I did at least one.
And that's normally enough to be proud of. When are your best four hours?