RSD’s Tyler gives us some tips for achiev­ing peri­ods of intense pro­duc­tiv­ity by avoid­ing the ‘garbage in, garbage out’ prob­lem (plus some comments):

  1. Remove the Inter­net from your house
    A bit extreme for me, but lim­it­ing its use is undoubt­edly a good idea.
  2. Remove tele­vi­sion from your house
    I don’t watch ‘broad­cast’ TV any­way: it’s too mind-numbing.
  3. Eat more fruit (espe­cially berries), veg­eta­bles, and clean meats
  4. Black out your bed­room and sleep in the pitch dark
    Unbe­liev­ably great idea.
  5. Turn your cell phone off
    My phi­los­o­phy: my mobile phone’s for my con­ve­nience, not yours. I keep mine on ‘silent’ mode 100% of the time already.
  6. Recog­nise drama and avoid it
  7. When you do some­thing fun, make sure it’s some­thing you really enjoy
  8. Med­i­tate for 20 min­utes a day
    I’ve never med­i­tated before, but shall attend a Vipas­sana med­i­ta­tion course in the new year.
  9. Increase the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the brain through exer­cis­ing
    My eter­nal neme­sis: exer­cise. My PodRun­ner rou­tine will be start­ing again soon now that my shin’s healed.
  10. Read books that have the vibe that you want for your­self
    This year, my read­ing habits have been excellent.

Thanks, Andy