I am not a great fan of articles that start with “10 things to..”, “10 ways to..” and such. But I have been such a miserable failure when it comes to waking up early, I decided to read through this article by Leo Babauta. A good one – it is not like there is something new in this, but helps me recall all those good things about waking up early and pushes me to make another attempt.
..let me first say that if you are a night owl, and that works for you, I think that’s great. There’s no reason to change, especially if you’re happy with it. But for me, switching from being a night owl to an early riser (and yes, it is possible) has been a godsend. It has helped me in so many ways that I’d never go back.
Read 10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It
Update. Another tip from Steve Pavlina on waking up early. Thanks to Kalyan for the link.
Who would think of finding an excellent piece of travel writing in a cricket portal’s blog? Sriram Veera scribbles a hilarious article on cricinfo on arriving in Colombo, describing an identity crisis he had to go through, thanks to his unshaven look!
He starts to ask something – my guess it was about Indian cricketers – but, maybe because I’m fat, bearded and generally looking like the kind of person you don’t want to introduce your daughter to, the question stopped in his throat. I need to shave. He might have had a pretty daughter.
Shaving Grace on Cricinfo blog.
Jeffrey Tayler writes about planned life, or his contempt of one, for worldhum.
…living according to a plan—college, job, promotion, buying a house, marriage, child one, child two, setting up a 401K, retirement, dotage and death—I’ve never seen the sense of it. In fact, my own writing career began with the rejection of such a planned life—with, in other words, a revolt, a revolt inspired by reading. In light of the materialistic mania and money-making prospects of the 1980s, when I came of age, this revolt seemed, to many I knew then, a senseless risk. In retrospect, though, I see it as my first step toward independence and pursuing the profession I was meant for, toward becoming alive.
Read the full article – Insanity and the Traveling Life.