Curious if anyone else has habits or systems in place that help get them centered and stay productive during the day, here's mine:
- Very Early (6:00am): Get up, writing & side project work
- Early Morning (7:00am): Get ready, breakfast, walk dogs
- Start Work Day (8:30am): Check email, github, project management tools, sketch out plan for the day. Say good morning to teammates
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if(Monday && 10:00am)
: Weekly planning video call. -
if(Friday && 9:00am)
: Weekly Coffee Cowork session. -
else
Working / Coding - Lunch (12:00pm)
- More Work (1:00pm)
- Afternoon break/more dog walks (2:30pm)
- Final email check of the day (3:00pm)
- Finish up work(3:15pm)
- Shut off work laptop, leave home office, shut door (~5:00pm)
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if(Monday || Wednesday || Friday && 5:30pm)
Hit the gym. -
else
Chill.
What's yours?
Top comments (6)
Hello, Glenn. That's a good topic, as my detailed schedule heavily depends on projects, I am working on, but the basic scheme is following:
As you can note, I don't spend 6h in a row working, and prefer to mix it with something else to keep myself fresh and focusing on tasks. Also I often change workplace - I work from coworking space or home mostly, but sometimes I can work from a local park - if it is a good weather - using mobile hotspot:)
My routine at the moment tends to be:
I would say "I wish I was one of those people that can get out of bed at 4am", but that would be a complete lie. π
Making a conscious effort to never set an alarm has had such a huge positive impact for me personally that I really can't imagine changing that willingly any time soon.
6 Be interrupted with a delicious home cooked meal
8-10PM somewhat relaxed knowledge acquisition or writing tech.
I try to schedule most meetings in the afternoon, at least the daily stand-ups. And, I like your coffee-cowork idea.