What I would give for a [[James Madison University]] cafeteria breakfast buffet. 2011 (13-year-old) me really said, “one of everything” and that server just echoed me back like he was incredulous. — Mini-burnout. Must train stamina for this semester though. This is probably because I only sleep less than 7 hours and it’s closer to 6 hours than 7. I really can’t function without sleep. — “Students should not only learn to write papers, but also learn facts, be able to discuss their ideas in seminars and listen carefully to lectures. ” Excerpt From: [[Sönke Ahrens]]. “How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers.” Apple Books. OH damn. — “And by doing everything with the clear purpose of writing about it, you will do what you do deliberately. **Deliberate practice is the only serious way of becoming better at what we are doing”** Excerpt From: Sönke Ahrens. “How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers.” Apple Books. Heard somewhere it’s the **right, focused, specific or correct kind** of deliberate practice and not just any practice. Kinda scary to think I might be “working” myself to death and still not become competent. — “And by the way: McLean wasn’t the only one who had the idea to use containers on ships. Many others tried it, too, and almost all gave up on the idea soon after – not because they were too stubborn to accept a great idea, but because they lost too much money on it (Levinson, 2006, 45f). The idea was simple, but it wasn’t easy to put it efficiently into practice. In hindsight, we know why they failed: The ship owners tried to integrate the container into their usual way of working without changing the infrastructure and their routines. They tried to benefit from the obvious simplicity of loading containers onto ships without letting go of what they were used to. ” Excerpt From: Sönke Ahrens. “How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers.” Apple Books.