study for a couple of hours or work on a side project.
sleep, normally get to sleep around 1am ish.
It's a pain studying late but Ill have no motivation all day then it'll get late and I seem to be full of motivation so I can sometimes end up working on stuff till 3-4am.
Weekends normally involve sleeping till midday and drinking with mates.
I feel I'm almost in your boat, but then I remember I use to always watch TV once or twice a week with my wife, go to church (well, kind of, not the mainstream one) on Sundays whwn I am allowed to and I always turn in my timesheets a day or two late ;-)
Why is that downvoted? Genuine question. It feels just as relevant as the other comments. Sure it's a specific case of someone having a newborn, but that's hardly uncommon and could apply to a lot of people here (if not now maybe later in life).
Caveat: I have a family, so the below is typical but mixed with many spontaneous, unexpected events like burning toaster strudels:
- Wake up ~7:30
- Feed dogs, water plants, make coffee
- Run ~2.5 miles from 7:50 - 8:20
- Meditate for 10 minutes
- Start work
- Take break at 11:00, exercise for 45 minutes
- Protein shake, resume work
- Stop work around 5 - 5:30
- Make dinner
- Clean house, do repairs, watch Youtube, read a book, bills etc
- Sleep by 11:00, maybe 11:30
Then I play some video games and take a 3-4km hike while talking to friends.
Dinner somewhere around 8:30
Then I waste time on HN, YouTube about anything and everything till I'm bored and sleep just before 1.
Weekends I do some household chores and pick a book on my kindle, currently reading Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
Although, this is when the project timelines allow me, when issues or deadlines pile up, my night times will be occupied and weekends will be filled with more work.
I'm actively trying to improve my lifestyle, but I feel I'm getting stagnated, and introducing new changes (workouts and yoga for eg.) are becoming very difficult and mentally tiring. I'm hoping you guys have some hack.
* Meditate (10-30 minutes depending on how I feel)
* Light yoga/stretching + daily journal
* Whatever workout is on the ultra marathon training plan
* shower then get to work
* 1pm lunch
* back to work
* if afternoon drowsiness sets in then its nap time, if not, keep working
* cook & eat while watching some tv
* depending on how I'm feeling either get some more work done or just relax
* get ready for bed + read + sleep usually around 10:30. I like to sleep.
Sundays are for debriefing last week and planning the next. On bad days, replace the work with playing animal crossing, cleaning, mindlessly browsing the internet, and switching between online courses & YouTube
Can’t speak to that person’s routine, but really depends on what your goals are.
I have no time goals or plans for an oraganized race. I just like to be in shape enough to do 30+ mile efforts about once a month w/ a 20-25 mile long run once a week and keep that up without injury.
My training is pretty simple.
I do 10 miles 2-3x a week. Mostly on flat roads but ending up at a nearby trail that has ~1,000 feet of climbing over 1.7 miles. My speed on the uphill section varies pretty wildly but by feel each effort feels nearly identical, tiring but by the time I finish I’m nowhere near exhausted. Average time for this route is probably 2 hours and 5 minutes (I did it 110 times last year).
On my long run day I try for around 20 miles with 2,000 - 3,000 feet of climbing. Sometimes instead of that, I’ll do a tougher 12-15 mile route with a similar amount of elevation. Again my goal is low to medium intensity with enough left over for another run the next day. My average pace here might be 12-15 minute miles.
I always run the day after the long run, usually 7-12 miles either flat or my 10 mile route described above. Just going off feel and what I’m capable of.
About once a week I do some kind of short fast intervals just because I like it. Something like 3x2 mile at a pretty fast pace (for me), like 8:15 per mile. Or 4 x 5 minutes at a little faster pace. Super easy jogs between intervals.
That usually adds up to 40-50 miles a week. I’ll drop down to 30-35 if I want a break.
When I’m at my “peak” fitness, I have no problem stretching the 20 mile long run to 30 or so. But it does take a little more recovery than I like and the risk of injury does seem to go up a bit.
My goal is healthy long distance running for decades so low intensity relaxed running is key for me.
Thanks for sharing your routine. I’ve been navigating the realms of long distance running for a few years and I’ve not been able to strike the balance between injury and effort so far. I’m aspiring to do an ultra next year (have done 35m previously but injured) and I’m seeking a routine/rhythm where I can crack that out without injuring myself. Thanks for your considered response!
I work for myself, so I definitely have the benefit of a flexible schedule. I used to be a product director, now I’m working on building a tool to scratch an itch I had in my past role.
Wake up around 7:30.
Coffe and oatmeal for breakfast.
Up to my office around 8 for work.
Sometime between 11 and 12 I go for a two hour bicycle ride.
Shower and lunch before my daily 2pm meeting.
Dinner at 5.
Play with the kids until 7.
Go through the kid's bedtime routine (brush teeth, sing, read, tuck them in)
Wife and I spend the rest of the evening together, usually listening to an audiobook (currently Way of Kings).
Sleep hopefully by 10 but insomnia means anytime between 10 and 2.
Wake up around 5. Go for a 2 mile walk. Make breakfast. Work until 11. Go for a 10 mile bike ride. Shower, get dressed, have lunch. Work until 2:30. Work on my side projects until 3:30. Go hang out with family until dinner. After dinner, spend some 1 on 1 time with a family member. Then read, draw or paint until bedtime, around 9.
It’s not. And it’s only possible because I have no commute. Also any activities such as driving to hockey practice and so on will eat some of the free time (if hockey practice is at 3pm I’ll have to work a bit in the evening).
They fall asleep on their own. If could only give one piece of parenting advice it’s to make kids comfortable falling asleep on their own before they are 1.
6:30-8:00 Get kids ready for the day, drive them to daycare
8-17:30 Work (lunch jammed in somewhere for 15min. Sad.)
17:30-20:00 Dinner, family time
20-21 Getting the kid to bed (reading, etc.)
21-22:30 More work, since this is the only "quiet" time when I can get think-heavy stuff done without fighting back-to-back meetings and interruptions.
22:30-23:30 Another walk, maybe watch a show... anything to unwind
23:30 Sleep
Not at all happy with this. Too much work, and side projects and sufficient leisure time have been sacrificed.
90 comments
[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 94.1 ms ] thread- work from home in my pajamas (I love it)
- drink 1 Coca Cola Vanilla after work
- cook and eat
- follow my curiosity online + work on sideprojects
- talk with friends/loved ones until I fall asleep
- repeat
Work from home till 5ish
If the weather is nice go for a walk.
Come back have bath.
cook dinner.
study for a couple of hours or work on a side project.
sleep, normally get to sleep around 1am ish.
It's a pain studying late but Ill have no motivation all day then it'll get late and I seem to be full of motivation so I can sometimes end up working on stuff till 3-4am.
Weekends normally involve sleeping till midday and drinking with mates.
- breakfast with my parents
- work till 2pm
- nap 20 minutes
- work till 5pm
- exercise (alternating between weights, sprints, yoga)
- recently deleted all my videogames, so reading or piano
- side code, paid courses or books
- sleep
- try to wake up at 6-ish
- coffee
- try to put in good 2 hours of work before baby wakes up
- helping wife with the baby, breakfast
- try to put in an hour or two whole baby is in a good mood
- baby asleep, hopefully, another hour or two of silence
- playtime with baby or workout for self
- baby asleep or out again, another two hours of work
- preparing dinner for wife at 7-ish
- try to fit in another hour of work
- bed time before 10
- Coffee, sometimes something to eat from the kitchen
- Lightweight (email, meetings, planning) work until lunch
- Lunch with the fam
- Development / design / planning work for the rest of the day (with some breaks)
- Dinner with the fam
- Chill
The last activity varies from day-to-day, though.
bath and quick breakfast
work from 9:30 till 6/6:30
inbetween lunch break from 1:30-3
evening tea/snack for 30 min between the meetings
Then I play some video games and take a 3-4km hike while talking to friends.
Dinner somewhere around 8:30
Then I waste time on HN, YouTube about anything and everything till I'm bored and sleep just before 1.
Weekends I do some household chores and pick a book on my kindle, currently reading Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
Although, this is when the project timelines allow me, when issues or deadlines pile up, my night times will be occupied and weekends will be filled with more work.
I'm actively trying to improve my lifestyle, but I feel I'm getting stagnated, and introducing new changes (workouts and yoga for eg.) are becoming very difficult and mentally tiring. I'm hoping you guys have some hack.
* Meditate (10-30 minutes depending on how I feel)
* Light yoga/stretching + daily journal
* Whatever workout is on the ultra marathon training plan
* shower then get to work
* 1pm lunch
* back to work
* if afternoon drowsiness sets in then its nap time, if not, keep working
* cook & eat while watching some tv
* depending on how I'm feeling either get some more work done or just relax
* get ready for bed + read + sleep usually around 10:30. I like to sleep.
Sundays are for debriefing last week and planning the next. On bad days, replace the work with playing animal crossing, cleaning, mindlessly browsing the internet, and switching between online courses & YouTube
I have no time goals or plans for an oraganized race. I just like to be in shape enough to do 30+ mile efforts about once a month w/ a 20-25 mile long run once a week and keep that up without injury.
My training is pretty simple.
I do 10 miles 2-3x a week. Mostly on flat roads but ending up at a nearby trail that has ~1,000 feet of climbing over 1.7 miles. My speed on the uphill section varies pretty wildly but by feel each effort feels nearly identical, tiring but by the time I finish I’m nowhere near exhausted. Average time for this route is probably 2 hours and 5 minutes (I did it 110 times last year).
On my long run day I try for around 20 miles with 2,000 - 3,000 feet of climbing. Sometimes instead of that, I’ll do a tougher 12-15 mile route with a similar amount of elevation. Again my goal is low to medium intensity with enough left over for another run the next day. My average pace here might be 12-15 minute miles.
I always run the day after the long run, usually 7-12 miles either flat or my 10 mile route described above. Just going off feel and what I’m capable of.
About once a week I do some kind of short fast intervals just because I like it. Something like 3x2 mile at a pretty fast pace (for me), like 8:15 per mile. Or 4 x 5 minutes at a little faster pace. Super easy jogs between intervals.
That usually adds up to 40-50 miles a week. I’ll drop down to 30-35 if I want a break.
When I’m at my “peak” fitness, I have no problem stretching the 20 mile long run to 30 or so. But it does take a little more recovery than I like and the risk of injury does seem to go up a bit.
My goal is healthy long distance running for decades so low intensity relaxed running is key for me.
0600 Jog
0645 Coffee and breakfast w/ family
0800 Cold shower and get ready for work
0900 Start work
1100-1115 Coffee and snack break
1300-1330 Lunch
1730 End work
1800 onwards: read, watch TV, dinner, family time, relax etc.
This is my schedule for the last 4 months since I started work from home.
- Work from 9 - 11 am
- Go for a walk
- Work from 11:30-12-30
- Lunch .. go to store and buy it
- 1 - 5 work with going out for fresh air every hour
- 6-7 Try to jog
- 8-11 drink beer/other leisure
- 11 - 1 am bed time routine
After an hour or two I make breakfast (usually olive oil + egg + tortilla).
After 4-5 work hours I start to look at social media too much and take a break to make lunch / read personal email / nap.
Get back to work in the afternoon for meetings, take a break at 7pm for sunset walk/run/cycle. It's the best time to be out.
Finish remaining work hours then watch videos / chat with friends. if I'm not drained I might do some errands or work on my hobby projects.
I usually visit family on the weekends and try to spend some time away from a computer.
i'm a startup founder/ceo with a wife and 3 kids... shit is hard. but, you can make it work.
i also try to work ~45 hours a week: https://github.com/yenio/handbook/blob/master/1-employment.m...
5.35am yasanthi yoga
7.00am protein shake, avocado
7.15am masturbation 1
7.17am meditate
8.00am start work
11.00am masturbation 2
11.05am press ups. Write haiku
12.00noon Check the markets
1.00pm (optional) masturbation 3
1.06pm sleep for several hours
5.00pm drink
8.00pm online poker
11.00pm sleep
Repeat
Wake up 1130, muesli, start work 1200.
Lunch late afternoon depending on hunger, about 30 mins.
Work until 2000 or 2100 then get some food
High intensity excerise for 30 mins, shower.
Then depending on energy levels either more work, side projects, or just browsing internet from 2300 to 0200.
07.00 Wake up
07.30 breakfast with family
08.00 take kids to school
08.20-noon work (95% coding, was from home before covid too)
12-13 lunch (at home, something quick). A quick walk or mountainbike ride if the weather agrees.
13-16 work again
16.00 pick up kids at school unless wife does
16.30-17 finish off work
17.30 make dinner
18-20 have dinner, watch tv, Grocery shopping, help with homework, Mario kart tournament with kids...
20.00 put kids to bed
20.05-midnight: Netflix, first person shooters, or personal side projects. Edit: oh also lots of old fashioned schedule TV!
6:30-8:00 Get kids ready for the day, drive them to daycare
8-17:30 Work (lunch jammed in somewhere for 15min. Sad.)
17:30-20:00 Dinner, family time
20-21 Getting the kid to bed (reading, etc.)
21-22:30 More work, since this is the only "quiet" time when I can get think-heavy stuff done without fighting back-to-back meetings and interruptions.
22:30-23:30 Another walk, maybe watch a show... anything to unwind
23:30 Sleep
Not at all happy with this. Too much work, and side projects and sufficient leisure time have been sacrificed.