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Staying Fit While Being A Writer: A Cheat Code
Use This Dead Simple Routine That Anyone Can Do And Needs No Equipment
Numbers don’t lie
We have 168 hours in a week.
Work is 8 hours a day, 5 times a week for a 40-hour workweek.
Commuting back and forth for 10 hours rounds it up to 50.
(168–50 = 118 hours)
Cooking, eating, and processing that food. Doing laundry, cleaning out, and going to the market. 3 hours a day for 21 hours a week?
(118–21 = 97 hours)
Oh, yeah, and that one task we can’t live without: sleeping. Let’s assume you hit the recommended 8-hour sleep per night for 56 hours of sleep time a week.
(97–56 = 41 hours)
Want some more? Embrace and cherish the garbage time, as Jerry Seinfeld would say, for at least 2 hours a day, 14 hours per week.
(41–14 = 27 hours)
And you want to be a writer. A prolific and healthy one.
That’s 2 hours a day for writing and 1,5 hours 6 times a week for mind, body, and spirit health (gym, walk with the dog, yoga, functional training; your choice).
