52 starter routines

Routines to start from

Add one, and it is yours to change.

Being on call

Something pages you at an hour you did not choose.

6 routines

When something pages you

Read what fired, say whether it is real, then fix it or hand it on.

Handing the pager over

A practice page

After it is fixedPutting something liveThe alert that keeps coming back

Mornings and evenings

The first half hour of a day and the last one.

7 routines

First half hour

Water, three minutes of moving, and the one thing today is about.

Winding down

Out of the door

Awake at threeSunday eveningGood night, houseGetting up when it is dark

Work and focus

Getting into a piece of work, and putting it down properly.

12 routines

Into deep work

One sentence, everything else closed, then fifty minutes.

Standup, before the call

Pomodoro, four rounds

Closing the dayA meeting you calledPicking it back upLeaving a note for tomorrowFifty-two and seventeenWork until you driftReading somebody's codeThe week, looked atDue diligence on a deal

Home and everyday

The errands a week repeats, and nobody enjoys holding.

13 routines

The weekly shop

Look in the fridge before writing anything.

Washing, end to end

Home, and the house knows

Before a trial charges youBefore people come roundLeaving it empty for a weekWhen something breaksOut, and the house offThe bills this monthSomething that runs outReceipts, before they are lostInboxCheck a purchase

Training and the body

Rounds, sets and intervals, counted so you can put the phone down.

5 routines

Tabata, four minutes

Five sets

A glass of water

Run and walkPhysio, three times a day

Learning and making

Reading, writing and shooting: work that comes in stages.

7 routines

Read it and keep one thing

Something worth remembering

A post, idea to published

A shoot, shot by shotA chapter at a timeTo readTo watch

Hands free

Moved along by a button, a card or your wrist, not by looking.

2 routines

The button, one press at a timeCount it without looking