I woke up this morning and realized I had no compelling reason to go into the school today, so I didn’t. I also had an appointment this afternoon in connection with one of my two (printable) pastimes, my last riding lesson of the school year.* I realized about noon that I had already started what is my particular pattern for summer days.
Not only do I get up early, but I find that my right brain seems to run better then as well. I do most of my writing between about 6 a.m. (after I’ve been awakened by a cold dog nose and made the coffee) and late morning, at which point, I’m usually brain-fried and so I go do pastime or exercise things for a few hours. I can work in the late afternoon, but then I’m better at left-brain stuff: collecting research materials, putting syllabi together, correcting citations, etc.
Any other tried and true methods for finding inspiration and committing to perspiration (mentally speaking) over the summer?
*Last December, I posted over at Legal Profession Blog on “Fear and Learning – Cantering and Law School.” I can report that I have made quite a bit of progress since December, confirming that indeed learning is often about overcoming fear of the unknown.
Posted by Jeff Lipshaw on May 21, 2010 at 04:08 PM