Ritalin day one

I kinda like this Ritalin stuff.

Toby says I got the fast release, not the slow release version because my doctor thinks I'm a responsible adult. Immediate release is 3-4 hrs and slow release is 8-12. 

It feels like when I stop thinking, there is no monologue that keeps distracting me from stuff. Also I feel like I can feel the coffee hitting me harder. But it's hard to tell given I've just got back from Singapore - I feel refreshed and reset anyway, plus I've just changed 5 time zones.

I don't need my europop or prog house mix in my head to focus

I feel like the energiser bunny. I'm walking really fast. I feel a bit jittery. And I start a task and just ... do the task.

I managed to have just one lunch at TJ Katsu, and just leave when I finished eating. So there's that! (Normally I stay on my phone, and then order a second lunch primarily to avoid work and stay on my phone for longer). 

The day has passed in a blur! I don't know if I was more productive, but one thing for sure is that I'm fizzing and could keep working for another 8 hours. Normally by about 3pm I am exhausted and fatigued and have to just do fairly mechanical work I don't have to think about much.

Running on Ritalin is 🔥. I may have experienced runners high for the very first time. Or at least, runner's "stopping without feeling exhausted and motivated solely on the pretence of margaritas at the end".

I spent the evening knocking off tasks while Angela watched YouTube. That's unheard of.

Slept pretty well, even though it took a while for both of us to get to sleep with our 5h time zone change.

Now it's morning and even though I was very sleepy I'm somehow on an early bus, a full hour to what I expected. Surely the Ritalin's out of my system by now? But no time warp and lost minutes. I still got side quests done like clearing the suitcase and cleaning up leaked insect repellent from the journey. It's all very interesting.