PLANNING 312. Schedule the Details Schedule a “productivity day” where you plan out, by the minute, your day. I don’t recommend doing this every day (the average workday is filled with meetings and interruptions), but it can be great for when you have a big deadline coming up. Here’s an example Productivity Day I used for this book1. 00:30-08:00 — Sleep (exactly 7.5 hours). 08:00-08:10 — Wake up. Drink water. Stretch. 08:10-09:00 — Answer emails. Drink orange juice. 09:00-09:30 — Plan upcoming tasks. Eat breakfast (Rice Krispies). 09:30-10:45 — Edit Planning section. Drink water. 10:45-11:00 — Mental break. Bio break. 11:00-12:15 — Edit Motivation section. Drink water. 12:15-12:30 — Mental break. Eat snack (Celery with peanut butter). 12:30-13:45 — Edit Skill Building section. Drink water. 13:45-14:15 — Eat lunch (chicken nugget salad). Write pun–filled tweet. 14:15-15:30 — Edit Fun For You section. Drink water. 15:30-16:00 — Mental break. Bio break. Check email. 16:00-17:15 — Edit Fun For Others section. Drink water. 17:15-18:15 — Exercise (run 3 miles). Shower. Eat snack (carrots). 18:15-19:00 — Answer email. Drink Gatorade. 19:00-20:00 — Eat dinner (Skyline Chili dip). Watch The Daily Show. 20:00-00:00 — IMPROV! 00:00-00:30 — Check ESPN / Facebook / reddit. 1 I did almost this exact schedule (with the meals and evening activities changing) for a week to finish round three of edits for the entire book. 164