Less stress

Weeks built to reduce stress rather than talk about it: time to meditate or walk, evenings that stay yours, and a pace you can sustain.

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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.

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Make fewer, better decisions. Jeff Bezos keeps his mornings slow, takes no meeting before 10:00 AM and holds his hardest meetings before lunch.

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Get real writing done in three focused hours a day. Flannery O'Connor wrote from 9:00 AM to noon, then gave the afternoon to rest and her peacocks.

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Spread your writing across a calm, full day. Vladimir Nabokov wrote morning and afternoon, walked by the lake and played Scrabble in Cyrillic.

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Ease back into work after illness or burnout. Richard Strauss composed in 2 short sittings, walked twice and slept 10 hours on his 1892 rest cure.

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Do your best work in two short, protected sittings. Charles Darwin worked 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM to noon, with walks and a nap around them.

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Let your best ideas find you on foot. Tchaikovsky composed morning and evening and walked for exactly 2 hours after lunch, in any weather.

Colin PaceUpdated Sep 28