Routine

I found this little info-graphic the other day and thought it was pretty fun to read - I think Victor Hugo's was my favorite, public ice baths on a roof, who knew? (I know you probably can't read all the details of the fascinating creative routines here, but if you click this link, it will take you to one that is much larger.) Well, I am pretty routine oriented myself. So much so that I sometimes wonder if I need to try harder not to be so bound by my routines. But if I can plop myself in the company of the likes of Mozart and Kant and Milton, I feel better about it all. Not that I do place myself in such company, but then again, I did just that because I made my own little routine graph. As you can see I can easily blame all grammatical errors, here on my blog and in the comments sections of your blogs, with the fact that I usually comment first thing in the morning before my coffee has kicked in, and I write my blog posts around 11pm every night, well beyond the hours of my grammatical peak. And really all of those chunks of time should be hair-size slivers because it is rare that I actually have a chunk of time that is truly dedicated to just one thing. But this is kind the basic goal I wake up with everyday (...today's going to be the day!). I also now realize after doing this that I should probably feed my children more often. How about you, do you have a fairly regular routine to your days?

From the book Daily Rituals: How Artists Work