My daily objective is to nurture all my life areas by doing something for each. This isn't a hard rule, but I assign each life area to a time block.

The important thing to remember is that my mornings should be used to strengthen my religious life, which includes my writing life. A successful morning for me is one when I felt I existed, read, wrote, and thought deeply, which should help me make progress on at least one specific subject.

Afternoons and evenings, on the other hand, are for tasks that require me to jump from one thing to another. Because of this, they are less structured than mornings.

Pre-desk (~8:00–8:15)

Core block (~8:15–9:00)

The core block is non-negotiable. If a project requires more time, I could forgo of subsequent phases of my morning routine to accommodate it, except my core routine.

• Meditate.
• Write 5MJ.
• Review yesterday’s journal entry and add it in an index.
• Review menu, projects, and prompts (to get a sense of what I'd like to do).
• Write 1-3 pages in my diary freely or using prompts.
• Perform retrieval practice.

Uninterrupted morning block (~9:00–12:00)

Rules

• Forest on my phone
• No social media and email
• Alone at my desk
• No meetings
• Work in 25 m/5 m pomodoros, sticking on one task
• No extended breaks (maintain momentum, not combat fatigue)

When there are no important projects to move, I focus on reading applying my reading process.

However, if I have a project and I need to prioritize it, I open Things and perform what to do from a set of preplanned actions prepared during the weekly review.

Lunch Break (12:00–1:30)

Unstructured Time (~1:30–5:00)

This block could be used for the following:

• Day job tasks
• Projects, tasks, admin work, and meetings
• Siesta
• Merienda

Field work (5:00–7:00)

• I go out for a walk and perform my daily walking routine.

Dinner (7:00–10:00)

• Dinner.
• Time with Lea.

Wind Down (10:30–12:00)