Waking up

Posted on December 30th, 2006 by Sacha Chua

Day five of waking up before 7:30. I'm starting to like this. Waking up early means I have lots of time to myself for reading, writing, and learning new things. It has also helped me make sure I drink enough water. Not bad!

Random Emacs symbol: repunctuate-sentences - Command: Put two spaces at the end of sentences from point to the end of buffer.

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