# Starting your working day Starting your working day: prepare the topics you are going to work on (better to do this the day before). prepare the reading materials. avoid reading the news or other distracting materials that might cause emotional storm. Before you start, do some ritual e.g., wish for productive day or read yours [[Habits for effective thinking (The 5 elements)]] . Invites the muses. they help those who put effort in trying being creative. Starting to work is hard. you need to trick yourself into starting e.g., telling yourself that "I will work on this hard task only 30 min", "I will read what I did so far" or "the thing I need to work on is highly important to human kind". Reference: [[@The intellectual life]] ## Created 2023-08-16 08:30