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June | 2014 | Making Gears Turn

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About Making Gears Turn. Monthly Archives: June 2014. The Secret to Getting to Bed on Time. June 1, 2014. When is the last time that you have been in a power outage without any internet? What did you do? It’s probably a good thing, because I almost always end up grabbing a book and sitting underneath an emergency exit sign and start reading instead. By the time 8:00 PM rolls around, I am ready for bed. The bottom line is that internet is what keeps a lot of us up at super late hours of the night. I did a...

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May | 2014 | Making Gears Turn

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About Making Gears Turn. Monthly Archives: May 2014. A Month of Time Logging with aTimeLogger. May 31, 2014. This month, I’ve been experimenting with several different techniques, many of which I am still learning a lot about and will write about in the future. However, one habit that I have formed this month that I have found profoundly useful has been time logging. The Search for the Perfect App. I first got the idea after reading Asian Efficiency’s post on time tracking. Then I discovered aTimeLogger.

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Sleep | Making Gears Turn

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About Making Gears Turn. The Secret to Getting to Bed on Time. June 1, 2014. When is the last time that you have been in a power outage without any internet? What did you do? It’s probably a good thing, because I almost always end up grabbing a book and sitting underneath an emergency exit sign and start reading instead. By the time 8:00 PM rolls around, I am ready for bed. The bottom line is that internet is what keeps a lot of us up at super late hours of the night. I did a little experiment, and it tu...

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November | 2014 | Making Gears Turn

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About Making Gears Turn. Monthly Archives: November 2014. How to Blackmail Yourself. November 20, 2014. This last month, I had a big paper to write for one of my classes. The syllabus required us to write a 12-page paper on the “Affirmation of Life: A Philosophy of Existence.” It took me seven different drafts to finally arrive at a paper that I actually felt I could turn in. It wasn’t a lot of money, but I didn’t want to lose it. That Saturday night, I procrastinated on a personal projec...This is the p...

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January | 2015 | Making Gears Turn

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About Making Gears Turn. Monthly Archives: January 2015. How I Keep Email from Ruling My Life in 3 Easy Steps. January 23, 2015. Email used to rule my life. When somebody sent me an email, they would entice me to read it, and then (most likely) get derailed from whatever I was doing. It was awful. If somebody malicious wanted to take over my life, all they would have to do would send me well-timed emails throughout the day, and I would never get anything done. I Don’t Check It All the Time. By checking i...

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About Making Gears Turn. Launch all the Pythons! June 19, 2016. Launch all the Pythons! Launch all the Pythons! If you own an iPhone, read on! If you like making your phone twice as epic as it originally ships from Cupertino, read on! If you enjoy programming, read on! If you have even the teensiest interest in programming, read on! The folks over at Asian Efficiency. Here is where the iPhone that’s twice as awesome as Cupertino ships thanks to your teensy interest in coding comes in. There are two a...

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The ABC of Rituals (My Morning and Evening Check List) | Making Gears Turn

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About Making Gears Turn. The ABC of Rituals (My Morning and Evening Check List). April 3, 2015. By the way, before I continue any farther, I want to thank my sister, Jennifer Wheeler, for making this amazing cover photo. My dad is an airline pilot. Several times a week, he enters a vehicle capable of flying hundreds of miles, several tens of thousands of feet above the ground, over dense metropolitan areas, carrying dozens of very important of people. What keeps pilots from forgetting things? That’...

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The 12 days of Cell-free-mas | Making Gears Turn

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About Making Gears Turn. The 12 days of Cell-free-mas. February 13, 2015. No cell phone is perfect, but when my Samsung phone stopped charging because the charging port got messed up, I was a bit disappointed. My phone was already showing the signs of it’s nearing demise, and I was hoping it would last until April when I could get a cheap(er) upgrade to a new phone. Not using my phone. How I Keep Email from Ruling My Life in 3 Easy Steps. 3 Criteria I Apply (In Order) When I Buy Clothing. Required fields...

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Tricks and Hacks | Making Gears Turn

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About Making Gears Turn. Category Archives: Tricks and Hacks. January 8, 2016. School started on Monday for me. That means prioritization, reading assignments, and grades. However, I do find grades and deadlines somewhat motivating. This is why I typically get more done per week during a semester than over a break when I tell myself that I will get work done, but don’t get it done. How to Be More Productive with Spotify and the Pomodoro Technique. April 10, 2015. Set a timer to 25 minutes. This time ...

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How to Pray When You’re Too Tired to Pray | Making Gears Turn

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About Making Gears Turn. How to Pray When You’re Too Tired to Pray. April 17, 2015. If you do not view yourself to be a religious person, I still think this is a noteworthy observation, because our busyness also affects our relationships with our close friends and family. I find when I get very busy, I employ many of these techniques to make sure my relationships with God and. With those I care about don’t fall by the wayside:. Having designated prayer time. Having a designated prayer journal. I keep a s...