With more success comes more leisure right? WRONG! More success brings more work. People hear about your success through referrals, and you actually find yourself with less time. Here are three things I do to treat myself without cutting into my day.
1. Proper Sleep. I’ve had poor sleep my whole life. I found out it’s not that uncommon. I’ve gone to a doctor. I suggest that you do as well. But in lieu of that try Melatonin. It’s over the counter. I believe it comes in 2mg, 3mg and 5mg. I take 3mg. That coupled with a religious sleep schedule will change your life. In THE weight gain month of the year, December, I lost 12 pounds. I owe it to consistent sleep regimen. In bed by 11, up by 6:30.
2. A Proper Shave. All you need is a mirror for the shower, shaving soap / cream ( I suggest eshave.com), a badger hair brush to lather it on (DO NOT skip this step. Take the time to do it right. Eshave and Jack Black make great brushes as well as The Art of Shaving), and a razor. 1. Take the first part of your shower fast. i.e. shampoo & soap. 2. crank the heat and soak your face to open up your pores 3. bust out your badger hair brush and shaving soap and brush a thick creamy lather on your face 4. use your mirror and razor and shave – this is luxury. Soak it up.
image via Jack Black
3. Have A Proper Cigar. While I love a whisky or scotch just as much as the next guy, it’s impossible to have one and keep on working. You also can’t have one after work and then go back to work. Cigars are amazing for the opposite reason. They take 30 – 40 minutes to smoke. And when you’re done, you can continue your day or night with all your wits. Here’s the startup I suggest. 1. Buy a humidor at a cigar shop. It needs to have hygrometer in it to measure the moisture. 2. By a Xikar lighter. Matter of fact, buy Xikar everything. They have lifetime warranty on all their products. For their lighters I recommend the Element. I have the chrome one. It has a dual butane torch and a cigar punch at the bottom.
image via Xikar
In addition you’ll need some fuel for your lighter. Xikar makes a 100ml butane bottle that sells for about $5. Lastly you need a cigar. Any cigar shop worth a damn will have Drew Estate’s Undercrown. The real jewel is the Drew Estate’s Liga Privada No.9. It’s only carried in Tulsa at Fogue & Bates out south. They only let you buy two at a time. But everyone has Undercrowns and they’re great.
image via Cigar Aficionado
I suggest buying a box and dropping them in your humidor. Surprise yourself and break for a smoke at the back of your parking lot at 10:30am. It’s wonderful. Go back to work feeling like a million bucks. Or, use a cigar as your reward for the end of the day.
Regardless, these three things will not shorten your day. A proper sleep regimen will help you lose weight and heighten your senses. A proper shave is luxurious and will leave you feeling and looking good. A proper smoke is a vice you can look forward to that won’t unnecessarily cut into your day and won’t rob you of your wits. You deserve to be treated well. But let’s face it, with success comes more work. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still have time for yourself.
