# daily blog-type A tension ###### tags: `daily blog` `blog` `type A` The challenge of optimising every minute of every day sticks with you when you're a type A personality. There is a hypocritical tension between things you want to do for leisure, and the undeniable enjoyment you get from self-improvement. Going for a run, you'd better have an audiobook or educational podcast in; at a football game, hat's time you could be reading medium articles or whitepapers; slept in til 8 on a weekend, you could've already done a cross fit workout or 10km run by now. The right balance, in my experience, is struck with timed leisure and work. You make a promise to the optimising maniac that way; whilst still grudgingly acknowledging that you're not a robot.