if 1.5 oz : 10mg then .9 oz : 6mg and that's right in the ballpark of what scratches the itch.
Usually I let my morning caf gelcap dissolve in my mouth before washing it down and clocking at least 30 minutes delay before taking vitamins. If swallowed whole, 15-30 min is a typical gelcap dissolve time, so 8:50 dose time today meant caf release start was uncertain until 9:20, and then separating caf from vitamin by 30 minutes (to limit absorption interference) delays that part of the cycle until 9:50 earliest.
Recurring issue, so maybe it's better to vitamin on waking - and then there's a more liberal window to do the other usuals anytime from right away, to 30 min later with caf, or longer if needed. If nothing interferes with bedtime, then I can function on waking long enough to wait 30m for caf.
DST destabilized it of course, but the timing of bedtime was due for a refresh anyway:
- IF you intend to wake reasonably refreshed at 6:30am,
- - AND IF you know that the standard prescription of 8 hours really does work wonders for you,
- THEN you have to honor your self-value (i.e. value self-care) enough to
- BE DONE watching TV, reading your book, hunting down accessories, making grocery lists, whatever
- BY 10:30pm
It's not a punishment
There are no not-to-be-missed life opportunities lurking at 10:15pm
And no one can sleep-as-self-care for you
So embrace the sleep with serenity+gratitude, relax into knowing it's the right action at the right time
There's a term for the time it takes to actually fall asleep once you lie down and make it your intention:
sleep latency
"Normal" sleep latency is about 10 to 20 minutes; and a little extra sleep is far, far better than an equal amount of sleep-time shortage; so I want my head on the pillow and all devices stowed by around 10:10pm. If I get blood-pressure-raising flak about that then I'll probably have to start winding down even earlier.
Great sleep hygiene is just foundational self-care - for longevity, immune resilience, energy and mental stability in waking life. No wonder I don't have much patience for undermining boundary-busting about going to bed on time like any responsible, self-respecting grown-up.
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I would love to be able to move task/agenda/priority tools right onto my blogwebspace, but realistically I'm not interested enough do it right. The iconic feature example is drag-and-drop list sorting: probably days just fiddling with jQuery, if jQuery is even the thing for that anymore.
The fallback is spreadsheet and while I would also love to be able to get away from the foremost oligarch web-based suite, it's just so solidly foremost. Even the Redmond runner-up is a disorderly mishmash of redirecting URLs and poor coordination across platforms.
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pile / sort / process / file
brekarito ingredients + production
resolve Joplin scratch file conflicts
pickup from storage: heating pad, shredder
laptop keyboard left-ctrl is marginal; backlight and other minor things were always suboptimal
Top external alternatives:
Logitech Pop Icon Keys - best compact - $45~50
Logitech MX Keys S - best overall wireless - $105~129
Nuphy Air75 V3 - best low-profile mechanical - $140
Keychron Q6 Max - best premium mechanical (metal body) - ~$250 lol