The perfect way to mourn your mundane life.
I’ve loathed people based on less information before, but not with this intensity.
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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Terms like "connect", "be present", "superpower" tell me this is not for the average working person, but the higher paid bosses of such people who can do whatever they want.
It was the "no meetings before 2pm" and "3 hours of no distraction" that gave it away for me.
"Boosts testosterone". I bet this dude thinks of himself as an alpha male.
Soon to be a bald one, too.
it is well studied that certain exercise temporarily boosts testosterone in humans, but the longevity or persistence of this effect are quite varied.
It's true that the "alpha" culture has a high interest in testosterone "boosting", usually without even having their blood levels checked.
Wake up at 5:30am
Counter offer: go to hell
Imagine a cup of coffee being all you look forward to.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
There is a single insightful line in this whole image:
Your biggest enemy is distractions.
Unfortunately, this image is one of those distractions.
Couple big problems -
To start, this is a morning routine, not a mourning routine. While it is true that I often mourn the morn, dude needs to learn how to spell.
Second, if you're up at 5:30, and not drinking coffee until 7am, and then have 3 hours of focused work, that right there is 10am. Your morning is supposed to be 'won' by this point, and you still haven't gotten to the weight training part of your morning.
Wake up at 5:30 then go for a walk. It is recommended to take a 30 min to 1 hour walk in the morning. Also including prep time so I'd say about 15 minutes. So let's say we're at 6:45 now. Wait 90 minutes so now we're at 9:45. Now making americanos at home is also time consuming if it isn't pre prepped or if you don't have a full espresso setup in your home, it could take 30 or 45 minutes and you'd have take it stronger to compensate for the ice melting in the hot cup. So now we're at 10:30. 3 hours of work, 1:30. Lift weights; you can get that done in 30 minutes, but you also have to factor in cleaning yourself up or else you're just going to baste in your own sweat all day until you shower. So I'd give that another 30 minutes. It is now 2:00, you're late for your meetings which removes your "superpower" to say no, you didn't factor in any time to eat lunch, your blood sugar is probably bottoming out because you had a very caffeine rich coffee drink and lifted weights without nutrients, and you're going to feel like garbage until you get food in you.
Horrible plan
Haha, that's quite the reality check. God I hate those grifters...
How is it taking you up to 45 minutes to make a cup of coffee? I can make a hot cup in ten, and most of that is spent waiting.
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oh I'll definitely be mourning if I were to wake up at 5
Mourning my will to live
If I’m waking up at 5:30am and not drinking caffeine for 90 minutes, I’m definitely mourning.
I dunno, I feel like I've won on any day I don't have to lift heavy things.
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I like how planning the morning the night before happens in the morning. That's about how much I procrastinate, too.
This is unironically close to my routine. I wake up at 5, walk the dog for 30-60 minutes, have breakfast, then start work before anyone else so I can get shit done before people start showing up. I wrap up my day around 2pm, walk for 1-2 hours, make dinner, then chill. It's worked well for me.
You forgot to tell us what time you lift weights
He walks the dog. He doesn't say anything about the dogs walking. I'm guessing he does dog curls on that walk.
I don't lift weights these days. I need to work on that.
I do love starting work before people start streaming in after 0900
"No meetings before 2pm (when the eastern hemisphere people are going to sleep)" that'll go over well.
every great accomplishment happens in the mornings if you're only ever awake during the mornings.
Sunrise here, tomorrow, is around 7:30. When I take my morning walk, presumably just after I wake up at 5:30 because the walk is supposed to “get my brain ready to work” and I’m supposed to put several hours of work in during the morning, how do I “get sunlight in my eyes”?
Have a villa in each hemisphere.
Turn your Winter into Summer taps forehead
Cool, I don’t have meetings at my day job and I’m on the phone helping people through my entire day. If I worked for only three hours I might get sacked.
I don’t know who this person is, but I’m not sure they have a job.
The waiting 90 min for caffeine part is actually based on decent scientific evidence, but it's so damn hard.
Apparently the logic behind is that sleep neurotransmitters take a while to flush out in the morning, but drinking caffeine stops the flushing process and leaves you with leftover ones in your system. So as soon as the coffee wears off, you're way more likely to really crash.
I've tried to implement that habit, but ended up falling asleep at my work desk basically every day 🤷 (Although my doctor also says he's about 80% sure I have Narcolepsy, so that might have something to do with that)
Can you cite a study?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCJr49GU9yY
It seems like a very common misconception that is maybe somewhat correlated, but causality hasn't been found as far as I could find. Probably one of those things that are hawked by "wellness influencers" and "hack your life" youtubers without actual evidence.
Be careful about what you take away from influencers like Huberman etc. They are businesses first and foremost, and while their business may involve giving good advice, they're ultimately driven by views which can lead them to exaggerate and overrepresent evidence for the sake of having new, compelling content.
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There is no way that 99% of meetings are a waste of time. Like, many 70%, tops.
There's also no way I can avoid meetings before 2pm, timezones exist and sometimes things are on fire. If I leave someone hanging because I care only about my own day, then I'm the asshole.
mourning
This is a sense of grief or loss, usually over the deceased.
emails
This is a conjugated verb. Like 'traffic', the noun should NEVER get an S; no matter how much Felicia says, for the same reason 'cattles' is wrong.
Learn to spell when you're going to ink it in. Respect the medium and its lack of an 'undo' feature.
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