What Do You Do When You Can't Sleep?
Sometimes, when I can’t sleep, I peruse the Internet, read a book, or perhaps grab a snack from the fridge. Maybe drink or a glass of water.
But when those things aren’t available, or just aren’t that exciting, I’m known to do crazy things. Creative and crazy things. Like coding these: CrazyNav; ImageSwap.
Enjoy.
What do you do when you can’t sleep?
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Procrastination Complements Productivity
Since the cost of doing something wrong can be 10x+ the cost of doing something right, a little slower, I believe that procrastination complements productivity.
A quick story from my teenage years. My brother and I were hiking around Point Sal for a few days. We hit a road after hiking over rough terrain and followed it for about a half hour. We were ravenous and exhausted, but had to keep going. We needed to get back home. We could have kept going (or just looked from atop a nearby hill) to find a fantastic local steakhouse and used their payphone to call friends to pick us up. Instead, we traversed cowfieilds on steep, windy hills. We ended up walking for several more hours than we needed, offcourse. We still found our way (and have great memories of the event), but it we quite literally took the hard road when we didn’t need to.
Procrastination Complements Productivity
Imagine you hit a fork in the road while walking, and your destination is 5 miles in one direction. You just don’t know which direction to take. You could take a left or right. You make the wrong choice and end up walking 15 miles instead of 5. Don’t just go when you hit that crossroads. Look around in the grass, you may just find a sign. Look around in the sky, you may find a signal. Wait. You’ll save time. :)
Put Things Off and Stop Caring to Realize Your Dreams (Zenhabits)
How to Watch Television Effectively (Scott H. Young)
How To Stop Procrastinating: 7 Timeless Tips (PositivityBlog.com)
