Is it just me or is this article also paywalled for you when you click web => WSJ article? If so, is there another way to read it other than paying for a subscription? I don't read the WSJ often enough to justify subscribing.
What’s the rush? The power of a slow morning
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Re: What’s the rush? The power of a slow morning
#12Is it just me or is this article also paywalled for you when you click web => WSJ article? If so, is there another way to read it other than paying for a subscription? I don't read the WSJ often enough to justify subscribing.
WSJ removed Google users' access to articles, so the web link doesn't work for them anymore. Now the only way to view a WSJ article for free is if you're referred through Facebook, I believe.
Most of the time what I do is go to outline.com. Paste the link into the box and read the article just fine.
Re: What’s the rush? The power of a slow morning
#13Is it just me or is this article also paywalled for you when you click web => WSJ article? If so, is there another way to read it other than paying for a subscription? I don't read the WSJ often enough to justify subscribing.
Just replace "wsj.com" with "fullwsj.com"
https://www.fullwsj.com/articles/whats-the-rush-the-power-of...
Re: What’s the rush? The power of a slow morning
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
WSJ removed Google users' access to articles, so the web link doesn't work for them anymore. Now the only way to view a WSJ article for free is if you're referred through Facebook, I believe.
Most of the time what I do is go to outline.com. Paste the link into the box and read the article just fine.
What is outline.com?
Re: What’s the rush? The power of a slow morning
#15Is it just me or is this article also paywalled for you when you click web => WSJ article? If so, is there another way to read it other than paying for a subscription? I don't read the WSJ often enough to justify subscribing.
WSJ removed Google users' access to articles, so the web link doesn't work for them anymore. Now the only way to view a WSJ article for free is if you're referred through Facebook, I believe.
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Re: What’s the rush? The power of a slow morning
#16Habit is a really powerful thing when applied over the course of our lives and the truth is that people tend to follow habits most at the start of their days. If there is something you want to do every day (read, work, exercise, relax) do it in your morning and it will become a habit.
I have never bought this. I work out (and have for the past 15 years) from 9 - 11pm and go to sleep almost immediately after.
Maybe you are talking about initial habit formation.
For me, mornings are a horrible time to do anything. I prepare my clothing, pack my lunch, plan my day, etc at night, just to make waking up "easier", knowing that everything is laid out for me. And yes, I do wake up at a set time.
Re: What’s the rush? The power of a slow morning
#17I can recommend the practice; for the last few years, I've gone to bed around 10pm every night, and gotten up at five before heading to work around nine. (Adjust to taste depending on your sleep needs; the important point is to give yourself a few hours to yourself in the morning.) In practice, this means moving discretionary time from last thing in the day to first thing, and I think there's great value in that. Aft…
For me at least (speaking hypothetically, since I haven't tried this), that seems like it would fly in the face of "get your work done so you can play without it hanging over your head." And it means that (if I have a fairly hard work start time) I am watching the clock the whole time I'm using discretionary time, whereas doing it after work means I can just go until I'm tired, without really worrying about the clock…
> I can just go until I'm tired, without really worrying about the clock.
For me, that turns into "well shit it's 2am, guess I'll be short of sleep again".
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#18I can't read TFA, but wanted to note that there's an interesting statistic in the book Why We Sleep: Something like 30% of the population are hard-wired to be "night owls" and 20% early risers. The author hypothesized that this may be an evolutionary survival mechanism that allowed bands of humans to always have people who were awake or more likely to wake quickly if threatened after dark or in the early morning.
For the natural night owls (I am one) the power of a slow morning is just the way we roll. I am so much more productive at 9pm than 9am, and have reworked my daily schedule accordingly.
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#19I've been doing this for years now and it's hard to imagine the old days when I used to wake up, shower, and run into work. At first it started with just waking up, making coffee with my aeropress, and sitting down to read a novel for up to an hour.
The past 2.5+ years have been: wake up, stretch and pranayama for 20 minutes, meditate for 30 minutes, make tea/coffee, write for 30-40 minutes, shower and then off to work. (I've moved the reading to the evenings before bed.) All in it's about 2 hours from waking up until out the door to walk to work.
My work days now start even more focused -- previously I'd just be sitting at my desk being only semi productive, waiting for the coffee to kick in. It's worth giving it a try for a couple months to see how it works for you.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me at least (speaking hypothetically, since I haven't tried this), that seems like it would fly in the face of "get your work done so you can play without it hanging over your head." And it means that (if I have a fairly hard work start time) I am watching the clock the whole time I'm using discretionary time, whereas doing it after work means I can just go until I'm tired, without really worrying about the clock…
> I can just go until I'm tired, without really worrying about the clock. For me, that turns into "well shit it's 2am, guess I'll be short of sleep again".
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