Franklin's autobiography (where this comes from) is a fantastic quick read with lots of thought provoking ideas relavant to the HN crowd. Definitely recommended!
Yeah, but Mr. Franklin goes on to explain that he was able to stick to this schedule for about a week... Funny guy. His autobiography is worth reading.
Hmm. Looks very similar to my own typical work day. Except I get up at 6 instead of five which means I have one hour less a day to spend per day. However, I would no be able to function properly after a while without that one extra hour of sleep.
You should give it a try. You might surprise yourself. I recently started getting up at 4 just to see what would happen. I've got a ton more time and occasionally need to take a nap around 5-7pm, but other wise have been fine just getting 4 hrs a night.
No exercise, unless it was somehow included in "Work." Of course, the three hours before work in the morning would leave time for half an hour of exercise.
Ben Franklin was actually fairly athletic. One of his many occupations was being a printer, which required carrying around heavy equipment. He was known to carry 2 trays where many Printers only managed 1.
He was also a very avid swimmer (unusual as at the time, many people couldn't swim at all) and promoted physical fitness and moderation.
(I come from Philadelphia: a town where BF is a revered local hero, to the point we have an "official" BF impersonator.)
Thanks a lot for these. I was looking for things just like this the other day - something like usesthis.com, but for other fields. And the fact that dailyroutines starts of with Simone de Beauvoir, one of my favourite authors, gives me great confidence in the site.
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http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=765113
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Thinking about it, a study on how and why "sleeping" has changed over the years would be really interesting.
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Medvedev: wakes up at 8, goes to bed at 2 or later. (http://www.kp.ru/daily/24089/320586/)
Obama: shows up at the office shortly before 9. ( http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/us/politics/29whitehouse.h...)
G. W. Bush: early riser, goes to bed at 10 (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=1474572)
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http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/daily-scrum
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He was also a very avid swimmer (unusual as at the time, many people couldn't swim at all) and promoted physical fitness and moderation.
(I come from Philadelphia: a town where BF is a revered local hero, to the point we have an "official" BF impersonator.)
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* Daily routines - How writers, artists, and other interesting people organize their days. http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/daily_routines/
* How we work - We're interested in the habits, rituals and small (and occasionally big) methods people and teams use to get their work done. http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work.html
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