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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Arthur C. Brooks's Daily Routine
Do your best work before lunch. Arthur C. Brooks's morning routine fits the gym, Mass and 4 hours of writing in before noon.
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Anthony Trollope's Daily Routine
Write a novel around a full-time job. Anthony Trollope wrote 47 of them before breakfast, at 250 words every 15 minutes.
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Georgia O'Keeffe's Daily Routine
Start slowly and finish work early. Georgia O'Keeffe's daily routine: a half-hour walk before breakfast and supper at 4:30 PM.
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Jane Austen's Daily Routine
For anyone making things in a busy shared home. Jane Austen wrote in the family sitting room, after making breakfast at 9:00 AM.
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Katie Ledecky's Daily Routine
Build a fitness habit that survives a busy life. Katie Ledecky's training schedule barely changes: up at 5:00 AM, a nap between swims.
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Mahatma Gandhi's Daily Routine
For anyone whose day fills up before their own work starts. Mahatma Gandhi's writing routine began at 4:00 AM, with silence every Monday.
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Mark Wahlberg's Daily Routine
Fit training and family dinner into one day. Mark Wahlberg's 2018 schedule held 2 workouts, golf and dinner with his family.
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Octavia E. Butler's Daily Routine
Set a daily minimum that doesn't depend on motivation. Octavia E. Butler's writing routine: at least 4 hours of writing before her day job.
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Toni Morrison's Daily Routine
For parents with a full-time job and a book in them. Toni Morrison's writing routine began at 4:00 AM, before her children woke.
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Ursula K. Le Guin's Daily Routine
Write all morning and keep the afternoon. Ursula K. Le Guin's writing routine: from 7:15 AM, then reading, music and an early night.
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Kurt Vonnegut's Daily Routine
Get your 4 hours of writing in before lunch, not after work. Kurt Vonnegut's writing routine in 1965 started at 5:30 AM.
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Bryan Johnson's Daily Routine
Go to bed early and the morning becomes yours. Bryan Johnson's daily routine: asleep by 8:30 PM, his health work done before the workday.
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Jack Dorsey's Daily Routine
Give each weekday one kind of work. Jack Dorsey gave every weekday a theme, from management Monday to company culture Friday.
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Tim Cook's Daily Routine
Own your first 2 hours before the meetings start. Tim Cook's daily routine: up before 5:00 AM for email and sales data, then the gym.
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Benjamin Franklin's Daily Routine
For people whose days drift, start with one question. Benjamin Franklin's schedule opens at 5:00 AM by asking what good he'll do.
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Haruki Murakami's Daily Routine
Finish the big project by repeating one day. Haruki Murakami's writing routine: up at 4:00 AM, the same day for 6 months to a year.
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Immanuel Kant's Daily Routine
Guard an hour of thinking before the workday starts. Immanuel Kant's daily routine: wake at 5:00 AM, think and write, then lecture all morning.
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John Milton's Daily Routine
For minds that compose best before dawn. Blind, John Milton built Paradise Lost in his head from 4:00 AM, then dictated it to an aide.
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Ludwig van Beethoven's Daily Routine
Finish your creative work before mid-afternoon. Ludwig van Beethoven's daily routine: 60 beans to every cup of coffee, then composing until 2:30 PM.
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Maya Angelou's Daily Routine
Write somewhere that isn't home. Maya Angelou's writing routine: a bare hotel room by 7:00 AM, with a dictionary, a Bible and a deck of cards.
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Victor Hugo's Daily Routine
Do your hardest thinking before lunch. Victor Hugo's writing routine ended at 11:00 AM with icy water poured over himself on the roof.
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W.H. Auden's Daily Routine
For early thinkers who want a hard stop. W.H. Auden's writing routine gave his sharpest morning hours to work and ended at 6:30 PM sharp.
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