new23d

Very sound advice already posted on this thread. I've done this for the last year, so I'll reiterate some tricks that have enabled me to do so:

1. Yes, it's only the mornings that have worked. After a full days of work the mind can't quite switch context back to the side-project, so getting this done first thing in the morning is best.

2. Take a detailed note before switching context out about what were you thinking and the next steps. Read that back to get a jump start. Repeat.

3. Sleep early. Completely ditch alcohol. Cancel Netflix etc subscriptions. Limit coffee. Sound, restful sleep in dark and quiet (earplugs if you have to) is essential for pulling 10-11 total productive hours a day.

4. Exercise. Outdoors, in fresh air. Even a bit of cycling will do. Fitness and stamina go a long way in building focus and working those extra hours. I cycle to work (well, before Covid and after) to accomplish this specifically to keep fitness levels sound.

5. Turn off distractions. Phones off/flight mode with screen facing down. Told friends and family that they shouldn't tempt or distract. Even had to let one-two friends go because I realised I was always fixing problems for them and they had come to expect them to be fixed in x hours. Email/chat apps off. Anything that can prompt a notification is off. Issues can always wait a couple of hours.

6. Solitude. Or noise cancelling headphones just turned on.

Yes, I did get a birthing / maternity / pregnancy ball. They go by these names rather than gym / exercise / swiss ball. Thicker material, non-slip and burst resistant.

It's a professional indemnity insurance for business in the UK. Covers defence costs as long as they can arrange the defence and everything is done with their prior approval, and the area of intellectual property infringement is in scope.

We could argue whether the use is descriptive when the word is used in the name of a product, but it's the unwillingness on my part to test this in the courts.

It's about the use of that word in the name of a product.

Got myself a 75cm exercise ball last week to sit on. Improved my lower back in just 2 days and can see myself sitting up straighter. $10 ball so much better than a $1000 chair.

No. Proper or more sophisticated quoting syntax would encourage an author to offload some or most of the interpretation of the quoted sample to the reader.

In the interest of the reader(s), the author should extract the meaningful from the quote and present it in a simple, readable form thus demonstrating that time & effort have been spent on (a) understanding and (b) asking the right question/presenting distilled information.