Jack Dorsey's Daily Routine
Give each weekday one kind of work and switch less. Jack Dorsey woke at 5:00 AM to meditate, walked 5 miles to work and ate once a day.
By Colin PaceUpdated
Overview
Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitter in 2006 and later Square, now called Block. His routine joins two eras: a strict day from 2019 and a week from 2011 in which every weekday had one theme.
In 2019 he woke at 5:00 AM for an hour of Vipassana meditation, then did rounds of a 7-minute workout and took an ice bath. At 7:30 AM he walked 5 miles to the office, arriving at 9:00 AM, except on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when he worked from home. He ate one meal a day between 6:30 and 9:00 PM and ended with sauna and ice cycles and another hour of meditation, as he told the Ben Greenfield Life podcast. The week comes from 2011, when CNN Money reported his themes: management Monday, product Tuesday, marketing Wednesday, developers and partners Thursday, company culture Friday, hiking Saturday and reflection Sunday.
It's built for people juggling several jobs who lose their days to switching between them. You can skip the fasting and still take the themes: one kind of work per day, and a week that plans itself. Joining the 2011 week to the 2019 day was our call, and the evening timings and weekend hours are our estimates.
At a glance
- 6 hr 30 min sleep per night
- 47.5 hr work per week
- 1 meal per day
- 27 hr movement per week
- 17 hr play per week
Sleep
45.5 hours/week6 hr 30 min per night
- Mon10:30 PM → 5:00 AM· 6 hr 30 min
- Tue10:30 PM → 5:00 AM· 6 hr 30 min
- Wed10:30 PM → 5:00 AM· 6 hr 30 min
- Thu10:30 PM → 5:00 AM· 6 hr 30 min
- Fri10:30 PM → 5:00 AM· 6 hr 30 min
- Sat10:30 PM → 5:00 AM· 6 hr 30 min
- Sun10:30 PM → 5:00 AM· 6 hr 30 min
No naps.
Work
47.5 hours/week9 hr 30 min a day
Nothing on Weekends
- Meetings9:00 AM → 6:30 PM· 9 hr 30 min · Mon
- Deep work9:00 AM → 6:30 PM· 9 hr 30 min · Tue
- Meetings9:00 AM → 6:30 PM· 9 hr 30 min · Wed
- Networking9:00 AM → 6:30 PM· 9 hr 30 min · Thu
- Meetings9:00 AM → 6:30 PM· 9 hr 30 min · Fri
Eat
7 hours/week1 meal23:1 eating window1 hr eating
- Meal6:30 PM → 7:30 PM· 1 hr · Mon
- Meal6:30 PM → 7:30 PM· 1 hr · Tue
- Meal6:30 PM → 7:30 PM· 1 hr · Wed
- Meal6:30 PM → 7:30 PM· 1 hr · Thu
- Meal6:30 PM → 7:30 PM· 1 hr · Fri
- Meal6:30 PM → 7:30 PM· 1 hr · Sat
- Meal6:30 PM → 7:30 PM· 1 hr · Sun
Off
Move
27 hours/weekHIIT 6:00 AMRecovery 7:00 AMWalk 7:30 AMRecovery 8:00 PM
- HIIT6:00 AM → 7:00 AM· 1 hr · Mon
- Recovery7:00 AM → 7:30 AM· 30 min · Mon
- Walk7:30 AM → 9:00 AM· 1 hr 30 min · Mon
- Recovery8:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr · Mon
- HIIT6:00 AM → 7:00 AM· 1 hr · Tue
- Recovery7:00 AM → 7:30 AM· 30 min · Tue
- Recovery8:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr · Tue
- HIIT6:00 AM → 7:00 AM· 1 hr · Wed
- Recovery7:00 AM → 7:30 AM· 30 min · Wed
- Walk7:30 AM → 9:00 AM· 1 hr 30 min · Wed
- Recovery8:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr · Wed
- HIIT6:00 AM → 7:00 AM· 1 hr · Thu
- Recovery7:00 AM → 7:30 AM· 30 min · Thu
- Recovery8:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr · Thu
- HIIT6:00 AM → 7:00 AM· 1 hr · Fri
- Recovery7:00 AM → 7:30 AM· 30 min · Fri
- Walk7:30 AM → 9:00 AM· 1 hr 30 min · Fri
- Recovery8:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr · Fri
- HIIT6:00 AM → 7:00 AM· 1 hr · Sat
- Recovery7:00 AM → 7:30 AM· 30 min · Sat
- Hike9:00 AM → 1:00 PM· 4 hr · Sat
- Hike1:00 PM → 2:00 PM· 1 hr · Sat
- Recovery8:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr · Sat
- HIIT6:00 AM → 7:00 AM· 1 hr · Sun
- Recovery7:00 AM → 7:30 AM· 30 min · Sun
- Recovery8:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr · Sun
Play
17 hours/weekMeditation 5:00 AMMeditation 9:00 PM
- Mon5:00 AM → 6:00 AM· 1 hr
- Mon9:00 PM → 10:00 PM· 1 hr
- Tue5:00 AM → 6:00 AM· 1 hr
- Tue9:00 PM → 10:00 PM· 1 hr
- Wed5:00 AM → 6:00 AM· 1 hr
- Wed9:00 PM → 10:00 PM· 1 hr
- Thu5:00 AM → 6:00 AM· 1 hr
- Thu9:00 PM → 10:00 PM· 1 hr
- Fri5:00 AM → 6:00 AM· 1 hr
- Fri9:00 PM → 10:00 PM· 1 hr
- Sat5:00 AM → 6:00 AM· 1 hr
- Sat9:00 PM → 10:00 PM· 1 hr
- Sun5:00 AM → 6:00 AM· 1 hr
- Sun9:00 AM → 12:00 PM· 3 hr
- Sun9:00 PM → 10:00 PM· 1 hr