After a longer break (no pun intended) of not blogging, I finally find the motivation to write the third small entry on things I understood riding my recumbent from Uhersky Brod to Vienna

When I was riding, the first 4 hours felt easily. I kept on flying down the roads with ease. However soon after this my position would become uncomfortable. So I decided to stop and have a break and some food (late lunch, somehow riding prevents me from being hungry). After a break of 15 minutes or so I was refreshed and could go on easily for a while. However another 2 hours later or so I was uncomfortable again and started feeling the drag. Another short break solved this and I rode again.

This seems to be something I'd say is obvious and every kid knows this. However during my last two years doing research, I barely took any weekend off. My job was at least 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. I know many people there living on the same schedule. This wore me out, and after a while not even the occasional day off can re-energize you to go on fully. This resulted in a terrible drag. I've started taking time for myself and slowly I start to be more creative and productive during my work time again. I make less mistakes and make time I spend count more. Overall I feel I'm doing better now than when I did 7 days a week.

So allow yourself to take breaks, it will make your work better