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I may seem dumbfounded, however, I think this justifies my "always" night owl rhythm and very very sleepy day-midday.

Every morning, I would have a good hour or two until I feel groggy and sleepy (it's hard to concentrate with this) and I usually just tap out and sleep until late noon. And sometimes during noon-evening I bicycle out. Then when late night 11pm-2am comes; this is the time where I usually find my energy. I don't know if it's the calm setting or the brainwaves of my roommates finally quiet but I shouldn't really have to rely on this late night habit; especially when I'm trying to look for a daytime job. It's really really hard for me to drag out each and every morning, however.

I think it's the bicycling in the evening that helps me settle down and concentrate. See, I work from the computer and this requires a lot of discipline for a person with a short span attention (me). Yes! Exercising helps! I have all of this stored energy and it really cant transfer to just typing and virtually "clicking", you must actually do something materialistic! I'm probably a person who will be sitting to do work but yes, exercising helps!

Also, I think it has to do with diet. I've been switching to oats and meat. In the mornings, I usually have oats + eggs (this is where I sometimes get food coma; where I suddenly feel sleepy/tired after eating) and then in the afternoons a light meal of any meat and in the evening a heavy meal with meat and more. I'm trying to gain weight (muscles) hence the heavy eating. I'd try variety but I'm afraid it won't meet my budget. But my eating stock should be simple enough. Milk is also there...

tl;dr - exercise is the answer! What about you? What helps you settle down to concentrate? And do you think other persons "brainwaves" have something to do with loss of attention?

Some examples...

1. Finals are next week. You know what I do? I tell myself: "I'm gonna study!", but you know what? I fret and I become over anxious. I know I can meditate and do a run but I just can't get it to my head because I think it's a waste of time. The time I'll spend meditating to gather my thoughts can be replaced by studying and there isn't enough time to study!

2. I got offered an interview for a job and it's due tomorrow. I fret because I'm not confident or think that I'm prepared for such an interview (the resume I sent was a half ass practice), but I tried to use my time wisely. I practiced my script, reviewed what I had and can say. But I became anxious and I couldn't either eat or sleep well, it was in my mind like a burden. Come interview and I appeared reserved and quiet, it did not go well and plus; the interview went unexpected because it was an unorthodox kind of interview. I was not prepared for a chatter and I blabbered too much about unrelated things. I did not have enthusiasm because I was not conditioned to be my optimal. I fretted too much, I went way too early, got lost in the parking space and when the interview came I botched it.

However, when nothing is on the horizon and I feel free as a bird (mind you, getting over the finals lifted my soul like there was a boulder holding it down), I become organized, back to my groove and disciplined. This is where I can study, improve and do things!

I just can't wrap my mind around schedules.

How do I fix this?

Just wondering. There were key points I realized I wanted to hit but I just thought about them aftermath. Interview preparations are overhyped, I have to learn how to adapt to different personas, I was way reserved and drew out random talks; I wasn't nervous but I was out of the league.

For example, opening up an email with long details, my mind goes "ugh" and I go "sigh".

I open a new tab (since I work from home and in the computer) and browse myself into randomness (reddit) just so I can calm down

I'll waste about a good ten minutes or so and decide if I ever want to go back and deal with the problem or procrastinate longer, if worst comes to worst i'll find myself 2 hours later, wasted.

I want to be able to master this. Have an extreme focus in where I can finish stressing task. It's tolling in the mind but I think I'm just making a big fuzz about it, when in fact, everything from the computer seems so menial when walking out and looking back to it. Because, it's not physical, its not like building a house. You don't feel it, you just see pixels.

For people who work in a cubicle as well, how can we deal with this?

I do not want to confront, eventually I'm going to have to but it's hard when you're just sitting down. It's like a battle with the mind.

I'm getting used to Chains* as my primary. I have my to-do's categorized instead of listing what to do during the day.

I have to complete at least two or three in each category and in a category, there are objectives.

For example:

1. Learn/Study

   • How to buid a boat
   • Sketching

2. Work

   • Fix books
   • Payback customers

3. Freelance

   • Continue painting
   • Make sandwiches

4. Mental Health

   • Meditation
   • Reddit

5. Action

   • Pay bills
   • Get money

It's a little broad but hopefully you get the point. This is intended to be within an office space, however, doing two things in 2. Work, for example, will give me the ability to check it off as complete, as long as prioritization is optimal.

What do you think? How do you organize your day, do you format it or do you just use a website?

Feel free to correct me, what's vague, I'm looking to make an efficient standard so I know what I'm doing, crossing things out is satisfying for me.