friction makes rituals stick. if opening instagram takes 2 seconds instead of zero, that pause is where the ritual lives. you notice the choice instead of autopilot. works for building good habits too - the slowdown creates space for intention
The power of daily rituals (2021)
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#12This article sounds like it's written from the perspective of alien artificial intelligences discovering humanity
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#13Show and tell daily helpful rituals? Here's mine: I shower before bed and put out my clothes for the next day before bed. When I wake up, I roll out of bed into a predetermined outfit and not have to waste precious pre-coffee clock cycles picking one out.
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#14Every morning for the past 14 months or so I've sat down at my desk with a cup of coffee and spent ~20 minutes writing out a page of thoughts in my Hobonichi Techo journal with my trusty Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen. I try to write plainly and honestly about whatever pops into my head, and before I know it, I'm done.
It hasn't been super life changing, but I do enjoy doing it. Sometimes during the course of the day I'll think back about an aspiration I had that morning, and actually do something I might not have done otherwise.
About a year into this practice my hand started hurting a bit, so I've slowly trained myself to write using the muscles in my arm and shoulder rather than moving the muscles in my hand. My handwriting quality took a nose-dive in the short term, but my hand stopped hurting and I have moments now where my cursive looks nearly as good as it used to.
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#15Show and tell daily helpful rituals? Here's mine: I shower before bed and put out my clothes for the next day before bed. When I wake up, I roll out of bed into a predetermined outfit and not have to waste precious pre-coffee clock cycles picking one out.
The pre-day outfit is a great idea. Not that I spend all that much effort on how I dress, but that is needless extra effort when I am just trying to make it to work on time.
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#16My work ritual every morning: 1. Power on laptop (it is powered off every day at 5 PM). 2. Log into VPN. 3. Log into Okta. 4. Log into AWS accounts, one per container (about 7 or 8). 5. Log into Docker Desktop. 6. Log into AWS CLI to get daily credentials. The whole thing takes about 3-4 minutes. A former colleague referred to this as my "mise en place", or my daily arranging of my working environment. Like the artic…
Do those stay logged in for extended amounts of time? Most of my "serious" accounts have expiration times of an hour, so I only ever login when required.
Re: The power of daily rituals (2021)
#17My work ritual every morning: 1. Power on laptop (it is powered off every day at 5 PM). 2. Log into VPN. 3. Log into Okta. 4. Log into AWS accounts, one per container (about 7 or 8). 5. Log into Docker Desktop. 6. Log into AWS CLI to get daily credentials. The whole thing takes about 3-4 minutes. A former colleague referred to this as my "mise en place", or my daily arranging of my working environment. Like the artic…
What is your VPN setup like?
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#18Show and tell daily helpful rituals? Here's mine: I shower before bed and put out my clothes for the next day before bed. When I wake up, I roll out of bed into a predetermined outfit and not have to waste precious pre-coffee clock cycles picking one out.
I put a coffee machine right next to my bed to reduce those pre-coffee clock cycles as much as possible. I’ve found it more helpful than expected to have something close that’s more tempting than the phone.
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#191. make coffee
2. sun isn't out yet, so read a book for a while
3. make second coffee as it starts to get lighter outside
4. walk in the garden with second cup of coffee
5. fire up my computer and start checking messages
Re: The power of daily rituals (2021)
#20My work ritual every morning: 1. Power on laptop (it is powered off every day at 5 PM). 2. Log into VPN. 3. Log into Okta. 4. Log into AWS accounts, one per container (about 7 or 8). 5. Log into Docker Desktop. 6. Log into AWS CLI to get daily credentials. The whole thing takes about 3-4 minutes. A former colleague referred to this as my "mise en place", or my daily arranging of my working environment. Like the artic…
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