when the focus on what needs to be done is low, and the will, the higher brain, the frontal cortex becomes dominated by the lower brains, so called temptations and compulsions.

I will not spend of time or waste words to describe, prove, or explain how this conclusion was reached.

Needless to say, there is info online, one of which are:

http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/courses/31YF/
http://www.neuroskills.com/

activity which is later deemed “Wasted Time” seems to be nothing more than allowing the lower brains free reign over the entire being to engage in activity that does not serve the needs and plans of the higher brains.

That is not to say that the higher brains are not “interested” in the satisfaction of the lowwe brains.

the higher brain sometimes has the option of delaying the impulse from the lower brain for the satisfaction of the entire organism.

if the higher brain is overtly manipulated by the lower brain, it gets depressed and will need to assert itself over it.
as I’m writing this, Generalizations are beginning to fail

This goal needs to change to a more specific wish or desire, or taken off.

How about: “operate my brain real good” ?

yeah, I like it!
I Like it!
I LIKE IT!
I LIKE IT!6 years ago

whether or not time is wasted is determined by what was set out to do.

so if you’re goofing off in the time you think you’re supposed to be doing work, it must be that having fun or whatever the goofing off is providing you is the goal, and therefore not a waste of time. 6 years ago

overwhelm I put off doing whatever I think I am supposed to be doing when it appears to be too big or too difficult. It looks like I just don’t do it, actually I’m trying a different approach, trying to psyche up to do it. Trying to get motivated and excited to do it. Doing some mental planning

The perception that time is being wasted marks a discrepancy between what is being done and what one feels is ought to be done. A bifurcation occurs, an indication of the split between the ideal self and the real self.

I’ve been accounting for my time better, especially in the morning, when the greatest waste would occur. By doing so, I feel I have a choice between wasting time and not. Before, wasting time occured in the past. I would look back and think, damn, I wasted all this time.... boy, I’m tired of all this wasted time… I can’t wait to get Out Of Africa, and stop all these Star Wars… now I allocate some time to do what would be deemed as wasting time (mindless entertainment, for example), and do it with full awareness. Then there seems to be some merit to it.

I will probably mark this goal complete soon and start a new one called “Develop and refine a Time Accountability method” 6 years ago

I’m tracking my morning time with Microsoft Outlook Journal.
Whenever starting a new activity, I open a new “Note type” Journal entry, and set the timer. This way I can see how much time was spent doing what.

therefore, this morning was fairly productive. 6 years ago

350 up
making tea
356
888df damn df is depressing….
424
face 5m30s
430
???????
436
???????
~442
shoulder, neck, n/s
445
446
dishes
449
8888
450
dishes
455
activities
522 going out
550 back
~620
ajs10
635 done
1m30s HS
recovery
writing
645 done
650 rolls
3×15
655
yang tai chi
711 6 years ago

520up
water
face ex
530
8888888-7
542
888888
657 stop already!
cleaning basement
745 done
8888888888888887088870888
820 6 years ago

409 up “Deal with the Devil”

Heated water, made tea
Logged in to yc
When pm’ed, wrote back that im busy
423 Face
433 shoulders
434 looking up “deal with the devil” lyrics
438 neck
439
441 shoulders
442 looking at drhyatt.net
448 neck
452 88888
505 70888
605 getting ready to go out
606 m wakes up
616 getting ready to go out again,
taking out the trash
dropping off check
thinking…
gratitude…... joy…........

639 back
tea, cats
653 resume
ajs10
8 8 8 8
705
8 8 8 8
716 HS 1m30s
719
888 888
723
88 88
3×15rolls
731
8 8 8 70 70 70
743 yang tai chi
756
88 88
758
8887077
834 stop already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 years ago

this is going to be interesting, since i slept in 2hrs today
617up
tea
88888888
face
888888888888708888888888888
tea
8888888888888888887088888888708888888
shoulders
8888888888888888887088888888
711
n/s…
88888888
88888888
721
88888888888
757 6 years ago

405 up
tea
8888888788888878888888788888888788
506
face
509
88788788788
514
shoulders
8888778888
519
88887888878888
neck
888878888788887888
545
walking outside
600 back
plan for the morning
609
ajs10
8888887
1m22s horse stance
888888
633
yang
645 done
647
chen
650
cannon fist
653
dishes
701
8888
stove
730
breakfast
740 6 years ago

350 up
“In the Flatfield” obsessing my mind
8 8888 888888
face (6min) slowly… obsession
888888888778888888888
88888888
439
shoulders
441
8888888888778888888877888888
500
neck
506.
limewire searching (10) 77
526 walk
feeling nauseated
almost threw up
556 back
fed cats
m got up
................................................
621 set up laptop

did some day planning 6 years ago

I slept in today. Since I slept until about 8am I did not get an opportunity to waste time. Yesterday I also took a time management course. The foundation of time management is classifying activities by a 2X2 matrix of (important, not important) X (urgent, not urgent). This creates 4 quadrants:

Q1: Things that are urgent and importnat, need to be done NOW, and are a matter if NECESSITY

Q2: Things that are not urgent and important, should be done SOON, and are a matter of PRODUCTIVITY AND BALANCE

Q3: Things that are urgent and unimportnat, disruptions, interruptions, phone calls, IM’s, emails are a matter of DECEPTION

Q4: Things that are not urgent and not important, such as surfing the web, looking up porn, chat, are WASTE & EXCESS.

A preliminary test before the class reviealed that I spend 33% of my time in Q4, 26% in Q3, 25% in Q1 and 11% in Q2 6 years ago

350 up
face
400 8888887088888888
429 neck
88877707070770707077070707707070
500 walking
517 return
88888788878887888
539
cleaning basement water
604 snack
basement
cleaning kitty litter
625 done.
43
888
myspace
888
644
88888878888788888887888
751
8888
805 19 & shower 6 years ago

414am up
crap
face
420
888888888788888888
433
tea
8888888888888888
450
88888
neck
457
neck/shoulder
459
neck
510
88888788887888788881
533
getting dressed, making tea
538 going out
walking
604 return
undressing
feeding cats
bathroom
609
AJS-10 & 70
AJS-10 recorded for M
628
888878888
643
2m2s horse stance
writing about it
651
cleaning up
700
3×15rolls
888888888888708888888887088
743 stop!!!!!!!!! 6 years ago

315up
88888888888888888888888888df88888888888df88888888df88888888
400 f start
406 f finish
888888888888778888888877888888877888888888
446 shoulders
88888888888788888888888788888888888788888888
458 neck
88888878887878878888878878888888
504 prepare to go out
fed cats, got dressed
523 back
holding the cat
528
minor cleanup
536
?????
539 start AJS
88888888888888888888888888888
551 continuing
8888787878777770888707888
602 continuing
88888888888870888888888
607
L HS
616 L HS completed 1m58s
rolls
ytc
641 finished ytc
888888888888
655
888887777719191900000
718 6 years ago

11/09/2006

427 up
88888888888888888888888
438 face – start
446 done with face
888888788888888878888888887877888888888888888198888778877887719
514 stop
88888888888888888888888888
tea
523
put dishes away
529 going to the basement NOW
558 done
fed cats
cats made a mess
cleaning up
601
ymail
cleaned up mess
88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
631
kitchen
638 8888
703
708 6 years ago

330up
88 2 df
338 making tea
8888888888888
348 started drinking
351 drinking, 88
355 f start
401 f finish
88
415 going to make more tea
888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
428 tea ready
430 shoulder 30s
437
440 n&s
88888888888888888888888888888888888888
452 finished n&s / n
dressing
458 going out
522 back
thought about what i want: to write software that helps people figure out what they want.
8888888888888888
0534 set water for tea
88888888888888
545 still 888888888888888
548 ….................
887788778877777777777778888888888888888888888888888777777777
600 done AJS 10
8888777788778
607 1m56s horse stance finished
778888888888888888888887788888888888888888888
15 rolls set 1
621 15 rolls set 2
622 to put away dishes
629 done. starting ytc
639 ytc done
pool.mpg
645 to the shower 6 years ago

I don’t know how or why this works, but every year, when daylight savings kicks in, I find myself very tired and sleepy by 8 or 9am. No matter how early or late I wake up. I get to work around 830 or 9, and then pass the fuck out in the car, until 9 or 930. This can happen at home – I might decide to sleep in, which I stopped doing, but something catches up to me at some point that makes me late like that. 6 years ago

i had all the time this morning to get stuff done, got 1/2 of it done, then got caught up in 88; im really annoyed. 6 years ago

in the morning, in my H.o.P, in idle chitchat
at work, taking stupid surveys.
goddamnit, I get so sick of myself 6 years ago

a lot of time is wasted with the 8’s 20 minutes can go by as if its 1 minute. 6 years ago