Thinking About Time!
By divalounger
@divalounger (6182)
United States
August 9, 2016 1:40pm CST
I am thinking about making my days more productive. And as part of that quest, I am thinking about starting my day earlier. My teaching schedule varies quite a bit from day to day. Many days I don't teach until later morning or early afternoon. Because I am dealing with a great deal of hip pain right now, I have been getting up later, waiting for the advil to kick in before I stir--but I lose a lot of time in the morning that way.
I could get up and write early. I write everyday. A great deal of that writing is poetry--writing, editing and submitting--
but some of that is legal writing--the stuff I do for money---
Are you an early riser or a late riser and how do you organize your time?
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
11 Aug 16
So you stay up quite late! And yes, because of insurance issues, I won't get my hip replaced until January! A long time still!
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
11 Aug 16
@divalounger That is a long time when you are in pain
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
11 Aug 16
@jaboUK I know--but my insurance deductible is really high, and my husband's is not--so I am going to go back on his plan to get this done--
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
21 Aug 16
I often get up early even without setting a clock and stay up late too, though sometimes i get sleepy in the late afternoons
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
21 Aug 16
@divalounger yes though when sleep hits me I often miss important calls or messages - very little wakes me when I do crash though it is rare
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@skysnap (20152)
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9 Aug 16
@divalounger sleep early because thaat's good for health.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Oct 16
I'm sorry you are in pain. I am an early riser - really early - usually around 5 AM. I have to be quiet because hubby sleeps a bit longer. I go into my studio and paint or get on the computer to spend some time here on mylot. I am usually in bed at night by 9 or 10.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
3 Oct 16
You sound active!! That is wonderful! I am counting the days until I will be painfree again--
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
4 Oct 16
@divalounger hope it is soon for you. I am scheduled for another knee replacement in January
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
6 Oct 16
@PainsOnSlate Then we will be incapacitated at about the same time!!
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
24 Aug 16
I am definitely an early riser. I'm up by 6:00 or 6:15 every morning, even though I am retired. I have a writing schedule and keep to it most days.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
24 Aug 16
I think I need a writing schedule. I also teach voice. So my day is divided between my own practicing, teaching and writing. And my writing is divided between the legal writing that I do for money and poetry, both writing and honing my pieces with other poets--I am thinking about doing my legal writing early in the day--maybe up at 7 and done with that portion of the day by 10--that would leave me lots of time to get other work done
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
26 Aug 16
@DeborahDiane me too! I am winding summer up in the next week and starting to go on my fall schedule. That means more activity and more work
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Aug 16
@divalounger - I hope you are able to work out a schedule that will leave you feeling comfortable and capable of handling everything.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
9 Aug 16
School will make you organize your time! Good luck in school this year!
@marie42 (981)
• Shreveport, Louisiana
9 Aug 16
@divalounger I hope so.. because its gonna be an busy semester :)
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
1 Oct 16
I rise at about 7:30 but I stay up late, after midnight. I do my serious writing in the morning and then have fun later in the day.
