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I woke up this morning and realized I had no compelling reason to go into the school today, so I didn't.  I also had an appointment this afternoon in connection with one of my two (printable) pastimes, my last riding lesson of the school year.*  I realized about noon that I had already started what is my particular pattern for summer days.

Not only do I get up early, but I find that my right brain seems to run better then as well.  I do most of my writing between about 6 a.m. (after I've been awakened by a cold dog nose and made the coffee) and late morning, at which point, I'm usually brain-fried and so I go do pastime or exercise things for a few hours.  I can work in the late afternoon, but then I'm better at left-brain stuff:  collecting research materials, putting syllabi together, correcting citations, etc.

Any other tried and true methods for finding inspiration and committing to perspiration (mentally speaking) over the summer?

*Last December, I posted over at Legal Profession Blog on "Fear and Learning - Cantering and Law School."  I can report that I have made quite a bit of progress since December, confirming that indeed learning is often about overcoming fear of the unknown.