Being a graduating student, starting entrepreneur and all over chaotic guy, a daily routine might not sound like the thing most fitting to me. Especially when you know me a bit, the words “daily routine”, out of my mouth, will lead to a smile on your face saying; Yeah, Len.. Sure.
But, I think I should give it a try. I came by this blog on StumbleUpon called (surprise, surprise) Daily Routines and got inspired. The blog writes about the daily routines of successful (and not so successful) people, writers, politicians, businesspeople.
Why would I need a daily routine, I asked myself. Especially in the last 3 weeks after the whole adventure I noticed I was running after myself a lot. Of course, you can’t expect to jump into an adventure like that and not expect an aftermath, I understand, but for some reason I felt it was more. I’ve got the feeling that time is not so much simply an object in existence for me as a tool, but more so, it is a 3D kind of cubical in which I am to create whatever it is I wish to create.
As both me and my housemate are trying to move ourselves into a certain direction (his; a spot in art school Rietveld, mine; a successful business start-up (more on that subject soon)) we are ‘struggling’ to get into the right mind frame. Loads to be arranged, ‘cleaned up’ and foundations to be laid.
I am lucky in so far that Herbert has proven himself willing to be my Virgil, but it’s not like that excludes me from having my act together.
I guess when I talk about a daily routine I should explain what I mean by that. For me it is creating an environment in which I have a ‘waking-up ritual’ on weekdays, thereby, I’m thinking, a basic energy level to start the day with. Don’t be afraid, I won’t become a 9-5 kind of guy, as such, my mornings from now on will consist of;
6.30: Wake up
6.31: Coffee, Fruit shake & Cruesli
6.35-7.30: News
7.30-7.45: To do list for the day
7.45: Work-out, shower
8.30: Get to work
Now, some of you might tell me, that’s no daily routine. Well, for me it is =) It is a routine and a daily one at that!
“May you be orderly and regular in your life, like a good bourgeois. So you may be violent and original in your work.” Flaubert
Only thing with that quote is that I think my work is my life, it’s quite inevitable that I do what I do, don’t think I can do anything else, thereby making what I do, what I am. Yet, at the same time, when you look at the overall picture, there’s so much more too, like waking up and setting yourself up to do what you do best, I’m thinking, sweet!
Do you have a ‘routine’? Or tips? Or reasons why I shouldn’t? =)
Take care!
Love & Peace.
