As Boice recommended, I did a BDS today in the morning! Huzzah!
I really liked writing in the morning rather than in the evening, like I did last time, or in the afternoon. It was much nicer - my mind was fresh, energized, awake, and alert.
I wrote down my goals for this BDS: spend 15 minutes on editing, revising, and finalizing the cross-transfer project (which is a progress report of sorts about the student that I tutored and am writing my short story about) and then sending it off to the person who asked me to do it.
I met this goal with ease. I edited and revised for the first 10 minutes, took a short comfort break where I changed my sitting position due to discomfort, and during the last 5 minutes, I finalized it and sent it off in an email.
I feel good. I'm glad I did my BDS in the morning. I'm going to do this again for Tuesday!
After completing my BDS, I wrote down what I would like to do for my next BDS, as Boice suggested we do: make a more detailed outline for where I am at in the short story and where I want to go because the one I originally made is too vague. I would also like to use some of this time to brainstorm and really recall my memories about this experience and list those. I intend to spend 20 minutes on that BDS, and with whatever remaining time, I will continue writing the short story.
I'm really impressed by how you're trying out Boice's methods with enthusiasm :) I haven't tried to do my BDS work in the mornings yet, but like I said in class today, I'd like to try. You saying that you felt more energized, awake, alert makes me even more excited to try it.
ReplyDeleteI find, though, that my mornings are already pretty full: making lunches, making breakfast, tidying up, getting dressed, finishing prep for teaching, finishing Boice reading--so obviously, I either need to get up earlier or do more the night before. Do you find that your mornings are fairly full too, or do you have open pockets of time? Did you have to get up earlier to do your BDS in the am?
My mornings aren't full really - I set my alarm for 7:40, have a leisurely breakfast while watching an episode of Will and Grace, usually type up my responses to the readings, go to the gym, shower, lunch, and then class. It's scheduled out, but there is free time. So if I continue doing BDS in the morning, I could fit it in with relative ease without having to wake up earlier than normal.
DeleteI would suggest doing more stuff the night before - like making lunch. One of my friends has busy days, so she packs her lunches the night before, sometimes prepping for the whole week. That might open some time for AM BDS. :)