The diaper shift has been a great success so far. This morning was special as far as work was concerned, and I had to be at work by four in the morning. I was able to get up at three to get to work by four (with a 25-minute commute). I didn't have a full Bible reading and prayer time, though, which brings me to today's topic.
Why am I doing this?
The truth about SMED is that the time savings at the changeover come from two places:
1) Getting rid of unnecessary steps. - This is something I can get behind, and it requires no explanation.
2) Moving the work somewhere else. - This is more interesting. When I move diaper washing to the evening, what am I really doing? I'm not getting rid of the diaper washing, I'm just shuffling it to a different part of my day. By doing this, I am saying that my morning time is more valuable than my evening time. It may "cost" me more to get the job done in the evening, but there's something about the morning that is more important.
What motivates me to clear out my morning? I want more time to read, write, and pray. It would be a dream to have an hour every morning for that. That's what drives the reduction of my morning changeover.
I'm about to ten minutes on this post. More improvement tomorrow!
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