I've always been the kind of person that gets up, gets a cup of coffee and starts to work within 5-10 minutes. I feel the most clear and the least distracted (especially on the east coast) where I'm able to knock out so much in the first few hours of the day I feel like the rest of the day is a breeze.
Never had any kind of routine--get up and go, or kickback and stay. Work, play, rest, write, build , maintain, fix--AM is for anything!
Reminds me of Hemingway when he discussed his morning routine: wake up at daybreak and immediate get to writing as quickly as possible.
Reminds me of two others:
- Anthony Trollope: published over sixty books by writing 1,000 words per hour for three hours in the morning before his job at the postal service.
(https://1000leaps.com/2023/08/18/35-the-power-of-15-minutes/)
- Toni Morrison: woke up at 4am as a single working mother. (https://1000leaps.com/2023/08/17/34-write-the-book-you-want-to-read/)
Haruki Murakami on the other hand wrote at midnight after he closed his jazz bar. (https://1000leaps.com/2023/08/10/31-how-haruki-murakami-became-a-runner-writer/)
Everyone will have to find what works for them.
Thanks for these!
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Love this.
Great post. I wholeheartedly agree. As soon as the coffee pot beeps, the possibilities are endless.
I've always been the kind of person that gets up, gets a cup of coffee and starts to work within 5-10 minutes. I feel the most clear and the least distracted (especially on the east coast) where I'm able to knock out so much in the first few hours of the day I feel like the rest of the day is a breeze.