1989: [Part 1] Why Schedules and Routines are Bad For My Mental Health by Ryan Ferguson on the Downfalls of Progress

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🗓️ 22 May 2021

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Ryan Ferguson shares why schedules and routines are bad for his mental health. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 1989: [Part 1] Why Schedules and Routines are Bad For My Mental Health by Ryan Ferguson on the Downfalls of Progress Ryan Ferguson is a writer, author, blogger and journalist. His work has been published by the Guardian, BBC Sport and Liverpool Echo, while he has also appeared on talkSPORT, BBC Radio Merseyside and Radio City Talk. Ryan has been featured by MLB.com and the New York Post. He is the published author of two books. The original post is located here: https://ryanferguson.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/why-schedules-and-routines-are-bad-for-my-mental-health Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1989, why schedules and routines are bad for my mental health.
0:07.0	Part 1 by Ryan Ferguson of RyanFergusin.co.uk and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:13.2	Happy Saturday, welcome to one of the only podcasts in the world where blogs are narrated to you
0:17.4	for free with permission from the authors, it's award-winning podcasts thanks to you.
0:22.4	Now today I'm sharing a brand new author for the show, stick around until
0:26.1	after the reading to hear about Ryan and it's a bit of a longer post so I'll read the first half
0:30.5	today and then finish the rest for you tomorrow. So that let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.
0:40.5	Why schedules and routines are bad for my mental health. Part 1 by RyanFergusin of RyanFergusin.co.uk.
0:50.0	Let me take you inside the computer of somebody with obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD.
0:54.9	I have access because the computer is mine. I'm the person who struggles with obsessive thoughts,
1:00.8	rituals and organizational patterns every single day. Admitting that no longer phases me.
1:07.4	On my MacBook I have innumerable spreadsheets and diagrams, process maps, and expectation benchmarks.
1:14.6	I've random notes from books and obscure ideas that occurred unexpectedly. If I did not write them
1:20.0	down they may have escaped forever and nobody wants that. The ravings of a neurotic introvert
1:25.0	rarely make for great entertainment. What are those documents used for? I hear you ask,
1:30.3	to run a company or manage a project? Well, something like that. Those things are certainly included.
1:35.8	You see, my timelines and routines for absolutely everything from morning habits and content
1:40.9	strategies to life plans and cities I'd like to visit. I even have one overarching
1:46.0	taxonomy that maps my ideal life, or at least a life, captured amid the torturous smog of
1:52.2	psychological boiling point until 2065. If you want a book in appointment, I should be free for
1:58.3	a most of February that year. I have checklists of novels to read and brainstorms of potential
2:03.7	articles for the next 30 years. I have mind maps of qualifications to attain and rankings of every
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