It's pretty close to what I have right now:<p>* Wake up (and get up) at my leisure: no alarm - I'm able to maintain this for the most part, unless of course there are specific commitments.<p>* Catch up on info-glut <i>before</i> breakfast - forces me to get through it all faster. Work-related email and information is included in this set. Anything not supremely important gets sent to Instapaper so I can get over my need to feel like I should read something, and promptly forget about it and move on with my life.<p>* 30-60 minutes of exercise (usually a jog or the treadmill, but swimming when convenient) that lets me digest the information I've just been exposed to if necessary, and think about what's important today. I take notes during.<p>* Shower / hygiene (also good for thinking)<p>* Breakfast (preferably alone and in quiet), while I outline my plan for the day.<p>* Work (repeat as necessary). I work while signed onto restricted IM accounts that make me available to very few people - namely, work associates and immediately close friends with whom I can be completely free to ignore or converse with at my leisure. When I need/want to focus, I ignore. When things are slower, I'll socialize more.<p>* Breaks - Sometimes I'll interrupt work with a longer form break. Sometimes a walk, sometimes a conversation. Never RSS/Twitter/Facebook.<p>* Stop for lunch / dinner when I'm hungry. Either meet up with people or read longer-form non-fiction if solo (picking off vignettes from Instapaper)<p>* Evenings (read: late night) before bed is for [optional] leisure. If I'm productive and enjoying my work, I won't stop and I'll cancel plans as appropriate. If I'm not enjoying my work but I'm behind schedule, I'll keep going if I can. Otherwise, I'll do any subset of {social, videogames, reading, watching, writing}.<p>* Sleep iff I'm at the point where I want to sleep more than whatever I'm doing.<p>Days of travel, guests, or otherwise special significance deviate from this quotidian rhythm.