Wake up early
Weeks for anyone trying to wake up early and stay that way: an earlier night that holds, a morning routine worth getting up for, and weekends that don't undo it.
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Kurt Vonnegut's Daily Routine
Write 4 hours before your day job begins. Kurt Vonnegut wrote from 5:30 AM, swam before lunch, taught in the afternoon and was asleep by 10:00 PM.
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Bryan Johnson's Daily Routine
Go to bed early and the morning becomes yours. Bryan Johnson is in bed by 8:30 PM, up at 5:00 AM without an alarm and exercising by 5:30 AM.
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Tim Cook's Daily Routine
Own your first 2 hours before the meetings start. Tim Cook wakes before 5:00 AM for email and sales data, then trains for an hour.
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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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John Milton's Daily Routine
Compose before dawn, then walk it off. Blind, John Milton wrote Paradise Lost in his head from 4:00 AM and spent his afternoons pacing his garden.
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W.H. Auden's Daily Routine
Do your sharpest work early and stop on time. W.H. Auden started soon after 6:00 AM and kept a hard stop at 6:30 PM for friends and dinner.
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Haruki Murakami's Daily Routine
Finish the big project by running one day on repeat. Haruki Murakami writes from 4:00 AM, runs or swims after, and is in bed by 9:00 PM.
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Benjamin Franklin's Daily Routine
Plan every hour on purpose. Benjamin Franklin's timetable opens at 5:00 AM by asking what good he'll do and closes by asking what good he did.
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Immanuel Kant's Daily Routine
Guard an hour of thinking before work. Immanuel Kant wrote at dawn, lectured all morning, then took a long lunch, his walk and bed at 10:00 PM.
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Maya Angelou's Daily Routine
Find one room where only the work can happen. Maya Angelou wrote in a bare hotel room from 7:00 AM, then reread her pages over a quiet dinner.
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Ludwig van Beethoven's Daily Routine
Do all your creative work before mid-afternoon and never after dark. Ludwig van Beethoven composed from dawn to 2:30 PM, then went walking.
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Victor Hugo's Daily Routine
Try a dawn writing session and a cold plunge before lunch. Victor Hugo wrote until 11:00 AM, then poured icy water over himself on the roof.
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