Morning everyone! It's hard to beat a Springtime Saturday morning in Easton :)
My master plan is working to perfection so far. I killed a bunch of work yesterday and the best part was that I enjoyed most of it. I worked diligently when I needed to and during breaks I allowed myself to separate myself completely. As I mentioned yesterday, people (especially me) suck at multitasking but we always want to be multitaskers -- our culture promotes it as this great, respectable ability even though very few can really do it. I'll often try to squeeze in some studying while I eat or write while I watch soccer and it almost always results in very little progress on the task and even less enjoyment of the leisure activity. I think being home really helped me to avoid this tendency because I could leave my phone and laptop inside and go take a walk or just soak up some sun to recharge before getting back to work. I can -- and do -- do this in College Park too, but I'm incredibly lucky to have such an oasis to return to here in Easton that is just different!
Today we have a zoom meeting for the 4K leadership team which will take up a big chunk of my morning. I'm excited to connect with everyone and learn some stuff, though! After that I have some more reading and writing to do and am again optimistic it'll go just as well as yesterday.
By the way, if you want to keep your brain sharp, exercise! Some of the articles I've been reading for class have been about the impact of exercise on cognitive functioning. Bottom line: exercise helps your brain maintain, improve, and create new connections that help make your brain work better and prevent things like age-related memory loss and even neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's. Evidence suggests that a combination of aerobic and resistance training might be best. Plus, if you can exercise in a way that also requires more thinking (playing pickle ball rather than riding a stationary bike, for example) that seems to lead to additional benefits. I just think this stuff is so cool and feel very lucky to get to learn about and share it!
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