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MariaG · 07-20-2007, 08:23 PM

Sometimes when I'm running I feel great. Other times, I feel like I have lead in my shoes. It seems to happen completely randomly. The way I deal with the down days is to still go running, still try to get my mileage in, but only allow myself to focus 50-100 yards. I pick a target and run to it. When I reach it, I pick another target and run to that. I've gotten through many hard miles that way.

In your situation, FreelanceWanderer, maybe you could set Microtasks
and do a little bit of work at a time. You may not be AS productive as on a normal day, but you'll keep moving forward.

07-20-2007, 08:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
MariaG Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 114	Sometimes when I'm running I feel great. Other times, I feel like I have lead in my shoes. It seems to happen completely randomly. The way I deal with the down days is to still go running, still try to get my mileage in, but only allow myself to focus 50-100 yards. I pick a target and run to it. When I reach it, I pick another target and run to that. I've gotten through many hard miles that way. In your situation, FreelanceWanderer, maybe you could set Microtasks and do a little bit of work at a time. You may not be AS productive as on a normal day, but you'll keep moving forward.