Waste Your Day and Work in Evenings Not Night
My journey on finding sacred hours
There has never been a better time to work in a day. For me. I have always had a secret hours in nights and evening.
But now it has changed. Now, I have to go to college. I don’t like it. So I bunk it and most of the time return to my hometown. To wast my days.
I wish to give this time to go on mountains and work out there and explore it. I wish to write and explore the ideas with my friend.
But I waste my days, watching travel vlogs and interior designs.
Rest of the day goes in drowsiness.
This content consumption leaves me feeling disorganized. My mind, seeking clarity, turns towards writing and introspection.
Dopamine rush was so awkward that I kept surfing internet, not spending time on writing.
Fed up with not able to control myself, I started 'Voice Documenting'.
Every night I kept exploring my mistakes, lessons, days, and topics, and ideas I wanted to write on.
Now, with time it started feeling fulfilled of accomplishment.
Few days later, I watched a video on "How To Stop Mobile Addiction". This video was for students who were preparing for UPSC exam for which they have to study 8-9 hours a day.
Being curious I watched it. It used the principals from the book 'Dopamine Nation'.
What caught my mind what was this line;
"When you do something that you wanted to do, in a day. No matter how much time you put. But at least you did something. At the end of the day it becomes a feeling of accomplishment and you don’t feel that you wasted the day"
It resonated with me. I started spending more time to write and to do things that were useful.
Now my expectations rose, work more and surf less.
At this stage mobile addiction was slightly in control but not my sleep.
Sleeping nine hours with extra three hours in the name of taking naps.
In this phase Yoga Nidra did help me to sleep less. Because of the habit of napping every day, my evenings started fading.
To tackle this I followed the principles of taking Nap in way that would benefit me.
It was this time when I found my sacred hours for working. I mean for writing — After naps, in the evening, before its dark.
Evenings are for fun, not to work. it's the perfect time for friends and family. it's time to play. Time to take a ride. And find that awkward mate to talk.
But I am talking about the time between 4-6 pm.
I found this time when no one would distract me and I won't distract others.
Now it's time that you tell me—what is your sacred time?
