Oprah Winfrey's Daily Routine

Oprah Winfrey hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show for 25 years and founded the OWN television network. Her daily routine starts without an alarm. Her dogs are trained to go out between 6:02 AM and 6:20 AM, and that is what wakes her.

At her home in Montecito, California, she gave The Hollywood Reporter an hour-by-hour account of one day in 2017. The morning was hers before any work began: chai or a skim cappuccino, 20 minutes on the elliptical, 30 on an inclined treadmill, and a meditation at 8:00 AM. Then came calls, video conferences and finance, and in the evening dinner, reading by the fire and a gratitude journal at bedtime.

It's for people with a heavy workload who want the day to feel calmer without doing less. If your mornings go straight to your inbox and your evenings end on a screen, this puts something kinder at each end.

You get a start that comes before the demands and a close that leaves the day finished. Try one piece today: 20 minutes of movement and a few quiet minutes before you open anything, then 5 things you're grateful for, written down in bed. The end of her working afternoon, the length of lunch and the dog time are our estimates.