Making the days smooth.

If anybody is looking for a way to make their work-days go a little bit better, here's a bit of advice:

Get up early.

Get up early but don't go to work. Go to work as late as possible. The reason that you are getting up early is so that you can do fun things in the morning. For me, this amounts to playing Burnout or GTA4 for a couple of hours before I get on the bus. Example: This morning I woke up at 7am, showered, dressed, ate some breakfast, and then played Burnout Revenge for 2 hours before getting in the car. I had a great time. It felt like a Saturday. I was actually happy to go to work at that point, because I was awake and in a great mood from relaxing for awhile. When I take the bus, I try to get up at 6am, get ready, and then play for an hour before leaving for the bus at 7:30.



Instead of consigning my entire morning to the commute, this allows me to wake up slowly, and break up the time between getting ready and getting on the road. It also allows me to get in some precious video game time.

I highly recommend it.

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