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Re: Ask HN: Daily schedule

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Post by enduser » 

  5:30 wake up, meditate, breakfast, spend time with my wife
  7:00 bike to office
  7:15 works begins. no distractions.
  9:00 check email, open IRC, continue work
  11:30 lunch
  14:45 bike home
  15:00 spend time outside (walk, hike, swim, garden, study in hammock)
  18:00 work out ~1 hour (alternate days olympic weightlifting/powerlifting
                                         with rowing)
  19:00 dinner, time with friends, study
  21:00 meditate
  21:30 sleep
no caffeine or drugs, drink very little alcohol (a couple of drinks once every 1-2 weeks)

i am very pleased with this schedule and very productive. i'll probably wake up later in the fall/winter.

Re: Ask HN: Daily schedule

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Post by pclark »

pyb wrote: post #14
pclark wrote: post #10

wake up at 7.30AM, check email/twitter. shower, exfoliate, moisturise, floss, brush teeth, mouth wash, hair product, get dressed by 7.45 drive to work (its important to listen to music at this time), arrive at 8.00 breakfast (fruit + croissants + green tea) ~ 9.00 work, lunch for ~45 mins at 12 finish work at 19.00 home by 19.15, snack at 21.30, work/read/music/video games till 1.30, exercise & stretch, sleep by 01.3…

Interesting. Are you saying that sleeping 8 hours would make you less productive ? How did you find out ?

I find I'm more alert with 6 hours sleep. Also generally two hours more each and every day.

Re: Ask HN: Daily schedule

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Post by waleedka »

I've been using an app called Infinity on the iPhone to track and optimize my time, and I learned a few things that surprised me. For example:

- I was spending almost 2 hours a day on chit-chat with friends at work. This time is usually counted as work, but it really isn't. So now I stay in the office less, and go out with friends more. Same productivity, more fun.

- I was spending way more time than I thought on email, facebook, and reading news. Now I use a tool called StayFocused to limit my email/facebook time to 1.5 hours a day.

- I spent way too much time on technical support, so I went ahead and hired an intern to handle that.

Overall, I now work less and get more done, which is great.

Re: Ask HN: Daily schedule

#34

Post by dhyasama »

Most days look something like this:

7 Wake up

7-8:30 Breakfast and relax with daughter and girlfriend

8:30 Bike to work

9-12 Work

12 Bike home

12:30-1 Lunch and put daughter down for a nap

1-4 Work

4-8 Play with daughter, run errands, cook dinner, put her to bed

8-9 or 10 Work

10-11 Watch TV

11 Girlfriend gets home

12 Go to bed

Re: Ask HN: Daily schedule

#35

Post by patrickmclaren »

6:15am Wake Up

6:30am Treadmill

7:00am Breakfast

7:30am Bus to Work

8:30am Start Work

9:00am Stand-up Meeting/Task allocation

9:30am-4:30pm Continue Work

5:30am-6:30pm Weights Training

6:30pm-7:45pm Check body stats and change diet accordingly, cook foods

7:45pm-9:45pm Study Maths/Physics

9:45pm Study Log/Random reading/Shower

10:15pm Bed!

Re: Ask HN: Daily schedule

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Post by speek »

chaosmachine wrote: post #3

6:00 am: Rise from bed. 6:15 - 6:30: Dumbbell exercise and wall-scaling. 7:15 - 8:15: Study electricity, etc. 8:30 - 4:30: Work. 4:30 - 5:00: Baseball and sports. 5:00 - 6:00: Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it. 7:00 - 9:00: Study needed inventions.

How does one "Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it?"

Re: Ask HN: Daily schedule

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Post by anemecek »

jeffbarr wrote: post #27

Here's mine. I like to get an early start. My eyes are generally open before the 5:00 AM alarm rings. 4:55 AM - Eyes open 5:00 AM - Out of bed 5:10 AM - 6:30 AM - Deal with email and eat breakfast, create TODO list for the day 6:30 AM - Get showered and dressed 7:00 AM - Drive or walk to bus (if not working from home that day) 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM - Work 6:30 PM - Home 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM - Random (dinner, gym, walk with…

You sleep 4 hours 25 minutes a night‽‽‽

Re: Ask HN: Daily schedule

#38

Post by speek »

7:01 wake up, check email/HN

7:30 head to gym with protein -- work out

9:00 breakfast, then head to office

10:00 check email, plan day

11:00 snack

1:00 lunch (not necessarily a break. I work at a bootstrapped startup)

3:00 snack

6:00 dinner

7:00 head back to apartment

8:00-11:00 debrief a bit (watch some tv, movies), work on projects

11:00 sleep

Yeah, I eat a lot.

Re: Ask HN: Daily schedule

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Post by kngspook »

chaosmachine wrote: post #3

6:00 am: Rise from bed. 6:15 - 6:30: Dumbbell exercise and wall-scaling. 7:15 - 8:15: Study electricity, etc. 8:30 - 4:30: Work. 4:30 - 5:00: Baseball and sports. 5:00 - 6:00: Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it. 7:00 - 9:00: Study needed inventions.

Where have I seen this before..? :P
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