My morning routine starts with waking up to a meditation with Rupert Spira, which can take more than an hour, so the alarm goes off around 5 a.m. Once I'm 'awake' (in both senses of the word!) I go down to weigh myself, feed the cat and take a cup of coffee upstairs, where the cat has a fresh bowl of water beside my bed, and write my 750 word exercises. Then I start to go over emails and WhatsApp messages and muse on things that grab my attention for a while before shaking off the night with a shower and getting down to some focussed writing. If I'm working for a client that day, I'm at my desk by 7.30 with more coffee and a deadline to achieve a milestone within four hours. I find a good lengthy lunch break very refreshing and that prepares me for research or, if on a contract, more writing in the afternoons. Typically the working day stops around 3 or 4 pm and out comes the needlework, or knitting, or drawing, or experimental cookery. Then I have the dilemma of which films to watch, which books to read and whether or not to challenge myself with a round of sudoku. Yes, i should be fitting in more exercise and perhaps taking more of a structured approach to marketing and sales. I entirely agree. Which is why this year my intentions are a little more aligned to re-growing the business. Wish me luck!
Very useful - thanks Alastair. Will also try a different approach to making the coffee!
Thanks, Alastair - found this super insightful - thanks for the inspiration 🙌
My morning routine starts with waking up to a meditation with Rupert Spira, which can take more than an hour, so the alarm goes off around 5 a.m. Once I'm 'awake' (in both senses of the word!) I go down to weigh myself, feed the cat and take a cup of coffee upstairs, where the cat has a fresh bowl of water beside my bed, and write my 750 word exercises. Then I start to go over emails and WhatsApp messages and muse on things that grab my attention for a while before shaking off the night with a shower and getting down to some focussed writing. If I'm working for a client that day, I'm at my desk by 7.30 with more coffee and a deadline to achieve a milestone within four hours. I find a good lengthy lunch break very refreshing and that prepares me for research or, if on a contract, more writing in the afternoons. Typically the working day stops around 3 or 4 pm and out comes the needlework, or knitting, or drawing, or experimental cookery. Then I have the dilemma of which films to watch, which books to read and whether or not to challenge myself with a round of sudoku. Yes, i should be fitting in more exercise and perhaps taking more of a structured approach to marketing and sales. I entirely agree. Which is why this year my intentions are a little more aligned to re-growing the business. Wish me luck!