When I first started to write, many years ago, nobody ever really believed I was working. I was at home, wasn't I? So I must be available for telephone chats, lunches with friends, afternoon movies. But I have always been very well organized, and I do keep to a strict schedule. It sounds dull, boring, and repetitious, but it gets the work done.
6 am: alarm goes off, if I let it. Usually I get up a little earlier, throw on old clothes, and take off for a 2-1/2 mile walk around my neighborhood. I've been doing this for 25 years; figure I've covered more than 15,000 miles.
8 am: showered, dressed, ready for breakfast (oatmeal; always oatmeal) and the morning paper.
9 am: at my desk, checking e-mail, ready to write.
12 n: lunch (available Tue & Thu to go out)
1 pm: M-W-F to the gym for an hour, then errands; T-Th, back to writing
5 pm: watch TV news, cook dinner, eat, clean up
7 pm: answer email, letters, odd jobs
8 pm: read
10 pm, or earlier: SLEEP!
Weekends: a little variation, but not much; dinner out, friends in, Sunday concert, chores.
And I'm never bored. Ever.
6 am: alarm goes off, if I let it. Usually I get up a little earlier, throw on old clothes, and take off for a 2-1/2 mile walk around my neighborhood. I've been doing this for 25 years; figure I've covered more than 15,000 miles.
8 am: showered, dressed, ready for breakfast (oatmeal; always oatmeal) and the morning paper.
9 am: at my desk, checking e-mail, ready to write.
12 n: lunch (available Tue & Thu to go out)
1 pm: M-W-F to the gym for an hour, then errands; T-Th, back to writing
5 pm: watch TV news, cook dinner, eat, clean up
7 pm: answer email, letters, odd jobs
8 pm: read
10 pm, or earlier: SLEEP!
Weekends: a little variation, but not much; dinner out, friends in, Sunday concert, chores.
And I'm never bored. Ever.