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Daily Reflection 3.31.21
Mar. 31st, 2021 08:15 amA short one today. Quoting from "The Book of Army Management," Sun Tzu tells us,
We can apply this idea to our lives directly and in reverse.
In reverse: All of us have times when our own spirit is at its keenest. For me, it's the morning, with late night also being okay. I do my best writing and thinking either right after morning coffee or else very late at night. Evenings are harder; I can get work done, but not a lot of mind work. Right now I'm writing at 1:30 in the afternoon, and it's a struggle-- I honestly hate afternoons. I feel like I have no energy, and my brain is like a pile of mush.
We can use all of this, by scheduling our lives so that we get to our most constructive habits when we have the most energy for them. For me, like I said, that's morning and late night-- but I can use afternoons, provided I do so effectively. Specifically, I can do any kind of drudging grunt work during this time of day, provided I have a podcast or audiobook to distract me. So this is usually when I fold the laundry, do the dishes, clean the kitchen and so on.
Of course, this all works in reverse, as I said. We can look at our bad habits and see what particular times, settings, and events trigger them. That's when we want to be on guard, as these are the times when our enemy's spirit is keenest, and this is when we must be on guard.
Well, anyway, I've really got to go get to the dishes now. See you tomorrow!
Now a soldier's spirit is keenest in the morning. A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art of studying moods.
We can apply this idea to our lives directly and in reverse.
In reverse: All of us have times when our own spirit is at its keenest. For me, it's the morning, with late night also being okay. I do my best writing and thinking either right after morning coffee or else very late at night. Evenings are harder; I can get work done, but not a lot of mind work. Right now I'm writing at 1:30 in the afternoon, and it's a struggle-- I honestly hate afternoons. I feel like I have no energy, and my brain is like a pile of mush.
We can use all of this, by scheduling our lives so that we get to our most constructive habits when we have the most energy for them. For me, like I said, that's morning and late night-- but I can use afternoons, provided I do so effectively. Specifically, I can do any kind of drudging grunt work during this time of day, provided I have a podcast or audiobook to distract me. So this is usually when I fold the laundry, do the dishes, clean the kitchen and so on.
Of course, this all works in reverse, as I said. We can look at our bad habits and see what particular times, settings, and events trigger them. That's when we want to be on guard, as these are the times when our enemy's spirit is keenest, and this is when we must be on guard.
Well, anyway, I've really got to go get to the dishes now. See you tomorrow!
