Your 9–5 is not supposed to become a 9–9.
The 9–5 with Boundaries. Calm working days with an actual ending. Your job has a place in your day. It doesn’t own the evening.
MONDAY TO FRIDAY, HOUR BY HOUR
- Wake (routine step, 7:00 AM to 7:15 AM)
- Slow morning · coffee (routine step, 7:15 AM to 7:45 AM)30 min
- Walk and sunlight (routine step, 7:45 AM to 8:15 AM)30 min
- Settle in, no Slack yet (left open on purpose, 8:45 AM to 9:00 AM)
- Deep work (time block, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM)2 h 30 min
- Admin and messages (time block, 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM)30 min
- Lunch (protected time, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM)1 h
- Meetings (time block, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM)1 h 30 min
- Reset (left open on purpose, 2:30 PM to 2:45 PM)
- Focus (time block, 2:45 PM to 4:30 PM)1 h 45 min
- Close loops · set up tomorrow (time block, 4:30 PM to 5:15 PM)45 min
- Shutdown ritual (routine step, 5:15 PM to 5:30 PM)
- Personal Time (protected time, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM)4 h
- Wind-down (routine step, 8:30 PM to 9:00 PM)30 min
- Sleep routine (routine step, 10:30 PM to 11:00 PM)30 min
See it on your real week first.
Dashed blocks are new, placed around what you already have. Nothing you already have moves, and one step undoes it.
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