There's something to be said for slow and steady.
But slow and steady is not my life recently. Instead, I've been energetically and exclusively focused . . . on a variety of things. Sort of like serial monogamy, but with aspects of my life instead of with romantic partners.
Last weekend, my boys went out of town and I had three days where I just threw myself into math. (Remember, for me, math is fun). For three days, except for a tiny bit of exercise and pauses to eat, the only thing I did was crank out pages and pages of math. It was GREAT!
Monday was the 15th. Math was over, but I moved about (running, lifting, biking, running again, swimming, biking, walking, dancing) for 15 hours straight, much as I did on June 15 but a bit less intensely because of the heat.
Another day was devoted just to the grand e-mail catchup. Another day to committee work.
Last January, when my friend TL designed a marathon training schedule for us, she found one of the many programs that intersperses days of intense work with days of rest. This summer, I'm discovering how much I like that system for so many different aspects of my life.
At any rate, today is mostly a rest-from-everything day, possibly meeting up with my best friend from childhood, so I'm not going to write much more now.
But slow and steady is not my life recently. Instead, I've been energetically and exclusively focused . . . on a variety of things. Sort of like serial monogamy, but with aspects of my life instead of with romantic partners.
Last weekend, my boys went out of town and I had three days where I just threw myself into math. (Remember, for me, math is fun). For three days, except for a tiny bit of exercise and pauses to eat, the only thing I did was crank out pages and pages of math. It was GREAT!
Monday was the 15th. Math was over, but I moved about (running, lifting, biking, running again, swimming, biking, walking, dancing) for 15 hours straight, much as I did on June 15 but a bit less intensely because of the heat.
Another day was devoted just to the grand e-mail catchup. Another day to committee work.
Last January, when my friend TL designed a marathon training schedule for us, she found one of the many programs that intersperses days of intense work with days of rest. This summer, I'm discovering how much I like that system for so many different aspects of my life.
At any rate, today is mostly a rest-from-everything day, possibly meeting up with my best friend from childhood, so I'm not going to write much more now.
Well now I know what to call the way I live! And I'll stop feeling guilty about it. Thanks for sharing. I wish I'd had a teacher like you in high school, I know I could have gone further with math than I did. You are awesome.
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