Wednesday, 18 February 2009 I began reading my book by Tony Dungy this morning at 2:30. The book is about leadership and living a life of significance. I was enjoying the book very much, even though I was allowing myself less than 30 minutes of reading time each day. After the 3:00 am count cleared, [...]
Tuesday, 17 February 2009 This morning I woke before three. I carried my bag of clothes to the laundry room and dumped them into the washing machine. An advantage of beginning my day early was that I didn’t have to wait in as many lines. I could get things done without so much interference from [...]
Monday, 16 February 2009 I left my cubicle at 3:05 this morning. The extraordinary visit I enjoyed with my wife yesterday took a lot of energy out of me, so I slept in a little longer than usual. The payment for those extra 30 minutes of sleep would mean that I had to sacrifice my [...]
Sunday, 15 February 2009 Today was one of the best days of my life. I began my morning normally enough, waking at 2:30 to read. Those feelings of sadness that had been plaguing me since last Friday’s visit with Carole had dissipated. I prayed last night before I slept, and when I woke this morning [...]
Saturday, 14 February 2009 I had a very difficult night of sleep, though I still pulled myself up at 2:30 this morning. My thoughts were troubled over yesterday’s visit with my wife. These are the challenges of nurturing a marriage and romance from prison. When difficulties arise, the struggle of imprisonment precludes a man and [...]
Friday, 13 February 2009 I woke at 2:30 this morning, filled with excitement at the prospect of visiting my wife. These visiting days with Carole were the highlight of my life. They brought the payoff for the work I did between the time one visit ended and the next visit began. Carole’s life was not [...]
Thursday, 12 February 2009 I woke this morning at 2:38. I had sufficient time to finish reading a chapter in the book from which I’ve been learning for the past several days. Earlier in my sentence I would devote more hours of my day to reading. I would finish reading at least one book, and [...]
Wednesday, 11 February 2009 I woke this morning at 2:00 precisely, according to my Timex watch. I knew that I had to complete a lot of work before my scheduled meeting with TOAD group at 8:00, so I hopped down from my steel rack and got started. For the first 30 minutes of my morning, [...]
Tuesday, 10 February 2009 I slept until 3:00 this morning, which means I was a bit later than I liked. Because I like to have four hours of writing completed before I go outside to exercise, I chose to sacrifice my early-morning reading. That was the price I had to pay for sleeping in. Instead [...]
Monday, 9 February 2009 I woke at 2:07 this morning, but I did not get up to read. At 1:00 in the afternoon I was scheduled to teach The Entrepreneurial Compass class that I lead on Mondays. Since that two-hour presentation takes so much of my energy, I decided to sleep until 3 a.m. When [...]
