Schedule pack · Workdays

Your 9–5 is not supposed to become a 9–9.

The 9–5 Soft Life. Calm working days with an actual ending. Your job has a place in your day. It doesn’t own the evening.

  • Time block
  • Routine
  • Protected time
  • Left open on purpose
  1. Wake (routine, 7:00 AM to 7:15 AM)
  2. Slow morning · coffee (routine, 7:15 AM to 7:45 AM)
  3. Walk and sunlight (routine, 7:45 AM to 8:15 AM)
  4. Settle in, no Slack yet (left open on purpose, 8:45 AM to 9:00 AM)
  5. Deep work (time block, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM)
  6. Admin and messages (time block, 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM)
  7. Lunch (protected time, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM)
  8. Meetings (time block, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM)
  9. Reset (left open on purpose, 2:30 PM to 2:45 PM)
  10. Focus (time block, 2:45 PM to 4:30 PM)
  11. Close loops · set up tomorrow (time block, 4:30 PM to 5:15 PM)
  12. Shutdown ritual (routine, 5:15 PM to 5:30 PM)
  13. Personal Time · protected (protected time, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM)
  14. Wind-down (routine, 8:30 PM to 9:00 PM)
  15. Sleep routine (routine, 10:30 PM to 11:00 PM)