daily routine.
“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
- Gustave Flaubert
One of the things I've been trying to get right this year is my daily routine. My goldfish brain has never been great at sticking to a schedule, but I know that doing so can make such a huge difference to how healthy, happy and productive you are. So with the hope of building a simple routine that would be easy to stick to, I did some research on the daily routines on some of the greatest creative minds I know of. They certainly got me thinking differently about how I occupy certain parts of my day – here's hoping they'll be useful to you as well.
LEO BABAUTA (Blogger @ Zen Habits & Mnmlist)
4:45 – Wake up, Drink coffee, Read
6:00 – Run
7:00 – Write
10:00 – Do other important tasks, Read RSS fees, Do research
15:00 – Have lunch
16:00 – Go to gym, Spend time with kids
19:00 – Have Dinner, Spend time with family
22:00 – Sleep
MAYA ANGELOU (Writer)
5:30 – Wake up, Drink Coffee
6:30 – Commute
7:00 – Write (always in hotels or motel rooms)
14:00 – Reread work written that day
15:00 – Shower, Prepare Dinner
20:00 – Read day’s work to husband
22:00 – Sleep
JACK DORSEY (CEO, Twitter & Square)
5:00 – Wake up, Meditate
5:30 – Work out
6:00 – Drink Coffee
7:00 – Work until 11pm
23:30 – Sleep
(I really hope he has a meal or two in between all of that)
OPRAH WINFREY (C’mon, it's Oprah)
6:00 – Wake up
6:30 – Work out, Play Scrabble
7:30 – Have make-up done, Work
11:30 – Drink smoothie, Call associates in South Africa
12:30 – Back to work
14:30 – Meetings with team
19:00 – Work out, Play Scrabble
21:00 – Cook for Stedman
22:00 – Read in bed
23:00 – Sleep
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT (Novelist)
10:00 – Wake up, Read newspapers and mail, Drink water, Smoke pipe, Chat with mother, take a hot bath
11:00 – Light meal (always includes cold chocolate)
12:00 – Family Stroll
13:00 – Take lessons
14:00 – Read
19:00 – Have Dinner
20:00 – Chat with mother
21:30 – Start “real” work
3:00 – Sleep
What does your daily routine look like?
x
Andi
