/lit/ - Literature

its better to take your showers in the evening before you go to sleep, so you go to sleep feeling refreshed and your bed stays cleaner, and you have more time for other shit in the morning which means less stress.

also a breakfast you can put together the night before so its ready to go when you wake up is also good for less stressful morning.

>07:00 rise and shower and groom
>07:30 breakfast and coffee and online stuff
>09:00 walk and maybe grocery shopping
>11:00 return home and household chores and maybe write
>13:00 lunch
>14:00 read
>15:00 jolly idleness and/or social life
>18:00 cook and eat
>19:00 pleasant idleness and/or social life
>00:00 sleep

I have a hard time sticking to it though.

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/20/daily-routines-writers/

I just write when I have the spark. I can't do anything without that spark.

>>3481765
How do you stay alive without a job.

>>3481756
>its better to take your showers in the evening before you go to sleep
but then you are all sweaty and stinky after the morning run

are you? not gonna happen.

i improvise

>>3481810
The glorious State.

Unemployed, so I alternate my days like this:

Day A: Wake up - sit at my computer - go to bed
Day B: Wake up - sit at my computer - buy some groceries - sit at my computer some more - go to bed

There are no set times. Sometimes I wake up at 6am, sometimes around 10pm. I hate my life and I want to die.

>>3481858
Why do you hate your life? Seems like you've got all the ingredients to live a glorious once., you're just not doing anything with it. The dole is like a bohemian scholarship.

>>3481858
Why do you hate your life? Seems like you've got all the ingredients to live a glorious once., you're just not doing anything with it. The dole is like a bohemian scholarship.

>>3481896
*one, I don't even.

Currently unemployed. Going to get some inheritance money soon, will try to use this to get started working as some kind of freelance translator or something.
In the meantime I want to continue my writing and self-studying and might get back to university.

So right now there isn't much of a daily routine. I usually get up between 8am and 12am and go to bed at around midnight or later. I usually check all my emails, /lit/ and some other stuff once I got up, after that I mainly browse /lit/ and read. Sometimes I have to go buy groceries too. On the weekend I usually party with some friends.

>>3481960
Are you me?

Unemployed and trying to find the motivation to finish my undergraduate thesis. I put off doing real work by writing extremely short stories and publishing them on a blog. Most days I dick around and drink heavily with total disregard for normal schedules. Sometimes I get inspired to slam out a few stories. I just finished one based on a dream I had after sleeping for about twelve hours. It's a pretty horrible life and I wish I had a job, I'm just too overwhelmed and usually depressed to do anything about it.

You jack off to yourself in the mirror at 231 different times;
You play all the scales of the scales on the easiest of instruments with the most dynamic range of notes;
You spend loads of time talking to yourself through other people;
People spend loads of time talking to themselves through you.

You then try to be as autistic as possible, so you may be like Jimmy the Engineer one day.

Alicia my mind thinks of everyone, except you;
Accept that I don't have too, as you are of my Mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BTDruyb3es

Vincent the Priestess will sing our ode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxKu96AntW4

I dropped college in order to be able to read without pressure.

>wake up
>read 1-2h
>breakfast + some vid or podcast related to lecture
>waste some time on the net
>go out to do needed stuff (food, paperwork etc) and then go to library
>be in library for the rest of the evening
>go home
>eat + vid or podcast
>internet
>read
>sleep

Lately I've been out of it due to health issues, but I'm trying to keep it. Been doing it for some time now and the reading pace is awesome.

>>3481960
>between 8am and 12am
>12am
hurrurhhru

>wake up at 10am
>make scrambled eggs and coffee
>eat it while watching tv
>continue watching until 12-1pm
>read for ~2 hours
>eat lunch and browse internet
>eventually (usually by about 6-7pm) start writing
>write until 9pm
>eat dinner
>read for ~2 hours
>browse internet until I feel like sleeping

Wake up sometime of the day. It cycles. Usually I'm awake for twenty hours at a time and sleep for six to eight.

Shower right away.

If I didn't sleep through class I go to class.

If it's not a school day I go get groceries then waste away the day browsing the internet and playing video games. Maybe reading something.

If the next day I have class I'll try to stay awake or force myself to sleep so that I don't miss it.

I wish I could fix my sleeping routine. I've been thinking of trying some of those sleep supplements. I have had success forcing myself to sleep lately which is a nice change from staring at the ceiling for hours.

Fucking neet central here.

>>3482017
Some obvious tips you've probably heard before:

Start an exercise routine. You'll be much more tired at night if you got exercise during the day.

Don't use your laptop/phone or watch tv for an hour before you plan on going to sleep. Spend the time reading instead. The light emitted by computer screens and things like that inhibit the natural release of melatonin in our brains, which can cause insomnia.

Eat healthy. No frozen food, no fast food, no processed garbage. If you're male, stay away from anything with soy in it. Eat food high in fat and cholesterol (bacon and eggs for breakfast erry day) with balanced protein and carbs. This will promote the production of testosterone, which will significantly improve your overall health (and help you lose weight) if it's low.

Or you could just drink heavily if you don't care about your health. You'll pass out and sleep for 4-5 hours.

>>3482019
Yeah seriously. I am pretty disappointed with all the neets here. Why don't you guys go to school or do something productive?

>>3482034
Said the slave to the philosophers discussing in the town centre.

>>3482034
my first class isn't until the 4th of march.

>>3482042
But the good philosophers wrote prolifically, which is a job.

>>3482042
>town centre
I get the feeling from these posts that some of you rarely leave your house.

>>3482034
They probably were omitted or something . . .
Some of these bros probably skip classes as they're working on some theories and shit. Not me though, I go to class and work like a productive member of society, whilst balancing many other things in this death. Soon I will live, but not yet, not yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5YdWgrfcGQ

>all these unemployed faggots

Now I understand why /lit/ is such a hate-filled cesspit, you guys seriously need to sort your lives out

>>3482047
A lot of the great ones didn't write at all. But even those that did could be said to be neets, since they didn't engage in any job or formal education. I can hardly think of an ancient philosopher who wasn't a neet.

>/lit/ - Unemployment

>>3482086
Hitler was a neet too. Change your ways now.

>>3482200
>became chancellor of germany
>worshiped by an entire country
>17 million were killed according to his will
>will be remembered as long as western society exists
How is this bad company to be in again?
>>3482061
>>3482087
>I hate my job so you have to work too!
Stay jealous

>>3482221
Except you guys are too lazy to leave your houses, you will never become chancellors.

>>3482232
>implying I'm not the chancellor of my house

>>3482238
>implying I don't own your house, along with several others.

>implying you don't pay me to do nothing all day.

>>3482241
>jerking it to eroge and reading
>nothing
You clearly don't understand how things work under my rule.

>>3482232
Bismarck was literally a nothing till he was 30. So was Hitler, until he was older even, really.

>>3482244
>implying I'm not taking my hour break before I go back to doing literally nothing.

You don't realize just what you're getting into now, do you?

I graduate university and decided to travel, see the world but also earn money

I taught in Honduras and Ecuador last year, then an American I met in a bar in Quito offered me a job on a cruise ship where he worked as administrator, so I worked in entertainment for the ship all the way to Japan, and then down to Adelaide. I'm currently in Singapore working at a highschool and going to night class so I can lecture at the international university here, hopefully teaching English with a good wage

Like we don't live our lives for mostly the building and the food. And no one ever makes us feel bad about working like productive members of society in the excess of it, since no one is over consuming and we ought not learn how to build our own things, never . . . ever-never-ever-never learn more than one thing. That's all we'll ever be worth: knowing one thing; and living the rest of our lives doing that one thing for our: building; food; and clothes. Developing your own PG&E is next. Picking up the slack of our other fellows is just extra until they unlearn what their servants of paper have taught them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9CjnDufqeQ

>>3481765
>only reads for an hour a day with all of that free time

>go on thread about about writing routines to maybe help with my writing
>no one has a job
>leave thread

>>3481858

Stop going on the computer.

>>3482312
You would think these people would be writing and reading like mad men with all of that free time, but they're just internet addicts who don't realize all of that time they spend here is horrible for them.

Some cunt claimed that you don't need to write every day in her blog: http://calnewport.com/blog/2013/01/13/write-every-day-is-bad-advice-hacking-the-psychology-of-big-projects/

Here's my reply:

“If you’re not a full-time writer, this is essentially unavoidable. An early meeting at work, a back-up on the subway, an afternoon meeting that runs long — any number of common events will render writing impractical on some days.”

Not really. Sounds like excuse – you can spend 30 minutes writing every day. You WILL find time. The average American spends 3.5 per day watching TV.

It boils down to excuses.

Oh yeah – I wrote 650k thousands last year. And no, I’m not a full time author.

When push comes to shove, most people would rather backward rationalize and make excuse rather then do sit down and do the work.

>>3482297
At most. I don't like to read too much, bad for the mind.

>>3482401
>tfw crippling /lit/ addiction
>tfw forced myself to block it
>tfw couldn't abstain for more than one day, had to suck dick in the library to use /lit/ right now
>tfw really don't feel like reading books anymore

>>3482401
>You would think these people would be writing and reading like mad men with all of that free time, but they're just internet addicts who don't realize all of that time they spend here is horrible for them.

Amen. They're just slackers, that's all.

>>3482443
>>tfw couldn't abstain for more than one day, had to suck dick in the library to use /lit/ right now

Such is the power of habit.

>>3482401
>You would think these people would be writing and reading like mad men with all of that free time, but they're just internet addicts who don't realize all of that time they spend here is horrible for them.

Someone does jackshit, they browse /lit/ and play MMO all day, do you expect them to be ultra productive out of nowhere.

>>3482449
>just slackers, that's all.
>implying most people have what it takes to be a thorough, happy slacker

Most people don't work out of nobility. They work because they want a lot of shit, and can't handle both the austerity and social pressure a life on the dole is accompanied by. And of course because they can't handle the free time. Most people go mad if they have to spend more than a few non-exhausted hours a day in merely their own company.

>>3482474
>implying leeches on society have morals
>implying you're not just too lazy and afraid to leave the house

>>3482474
>Most people don't work out of nobility.

True, for 95 percent of the population. But you can't blame them - why toil and do something for free when the TV's on?

>They work because they want a lot of shit,

Right. People mostly operate out of self interest. This is human nature. They don't want to give value, they want to take.

>Most people go mad if they have to spend more than a few non-exhausted hours a day in merely their own company.

Because we're social creatures. And because we need entertainment. Imagine going to a cell, an empty room. With nothing inside. And you're forced to sit in the room for 3 hours every day. Hm....

>>3482478
Who said anything about morals? I just said that most people can't handle a life of leisure. They need their labour to feel justified to exist and to fill their time and souls. Idleness is a virtue your average protestant work ethic civilian is scared to death of in any worthwhile dosage.

I don't consider myself lazy though, when something has my interest I can throw myself on it with relentless dedication. It's just that I don't feel that way about, say, stacking boxes in a warehouses or writing papers on Peter Singer. I don't mind leaving the house either, I just don't like it for all kinds of bothersome obligations.

Hello OP.

In the past 12 months, I wrote close to 400k words, in between my published work and my journal.

How? I write every day. How much, perhaps 1.5k to 2k words per day. But it adds up ...1.5k words every day is still 547.5k in 12 months.

Slow and steady if you're doing writing for long term.

>>3482486
If you don't like being with yourself it's probably because you dislike the company.

>>3482504
Also to add, I listen to 1 song, on loop for hours on end. The reason is to block out outside distraction. The song fades into the background or acts as "hymmm" so I go into a writing trance, similar to monks that keep chanting.

>>3482486
>True, for 95 percent of the population. But you can't blame them - why toil and do something for free when the TV's on?
I don't blame them. In fact I'm happy they feel that way. Less work for me. I just don't think they're in any position to feel morally superior to people of leisure.
>Because we're social creatures. And because we need entertainment. Imagine going to a cell, an empty room. With nothing inside. And you're forced to sit in the room for 3 hours every day. Hm....
I derive pleasure out of just sitting around otherwise externally unengaged. I think I'm not far of from your average three hours a day really. Again, most working people look down on this, but they fear it and wouldn't be capable of it. A life of idleness is an art of its own.

>>3482508
Indeed. Most busy, productive, wholesome working people don't ever fight those demons though, they just run from it forever. And one of the reasons they dislike their own company is because they feel guilty for doing nothing. A lot of people's work ethic borders on mental illness.

>>3482510
This sounds interesting. Do you really block out the song? I could imagine the song becoming annoying as hell after a while.

>>3481740
If OP is still here, I'm reading the daily routine blog you posted and its interesting as fuck. So to give back some value:

Last year, I wrote close to 500k words. Yes, half a million words.

My secret is going out and writing every day at the coffee shop, 7 days a week. Writing 1.5k-2k words doesn't take long nor does it seems much but it adds up over time.

>>3482520
>This sounds interesting. Do you really block out the song?

Not in the literal sense, but I stop paying attention to it, which is just as good.

>>3482510
>fucking up your last.fm
Yeahh great idea bro

>6:00 Wake up, take a shower
>6:30 Go to normal school
>13:30 Back to house
>14:00 Eat something and sleep a little bit
>15:00 Take another shower and go to music school
>21:00 Social life with musician friends and stuff
>00:00 Sleep

Now im at the hospital so i can't do anything but sleep, eat and internet.

>>3482032
>stay away from anything with soy in it
But I'm lactose intolerant.

>>3482732
>he still keeps a last.fm

you have to be 18 to post here.

>tfw none of you lift

>tfw I just got my welfare check

>>3482804
I do, but I don't read

>8a wake up
>9a go to class
>11a go walk dog for half hour, listen to audio book
>12p go to gym, listen to book
>1/2pm head to work and read there after setup
>8/9pm head home eat and tv
>11/12 sit in bed, read manga

>>3482922
>walk dog for half hour, listen to audio book
>that lonely dog feel ;_;

>7.30 Wake up, fall back asleep
>8.30 Get up, dressed, leave for uni
>9 Journalism exam, finish within an hour, twiddle thumbs
>11 Hang out with Bronwyn and do radio work
>12 Group meeting to discuss online blogs and newspaper articles
>1 Public Admin lecture, learn about business reporting
>2 Hang out with Mat, lunch
>3 Hang out with Rosie and Emma, read newspaper and find story to talk about in seminar
>4 Public Admin seminar, discuss why health reporting is mostly bad
>5 Eat tea, talk to Harriet
>6.15 Guest lecture on International Journalism
>7.30 Home, shower, dinner, hang out with housemates

Now here I am, browsing 4chan before bed. Tomorrow is another 9am start, but luckily the entire day is a lot less full on.

>>3482429
where did you get that idea

>>3483021
Right? That's why I don't listen to music or anything while walking my dog and actually give her feedback and shit.

>>3483165
"Reading books will dull your mind;"
It's all only fun in coming up new conversations
Once you realize the truth preached is Universal
For the Maths.

Or perhaps he just doesn't like having conversations with dead people.

7am - Wake up. Drink a glass of milk. Brush teeth, wash face, dress up. Read fresh news.
8:10 am - Leave home, take the subway to work. Read book (or The Economist for 2-3 days).
9am - Finally at work place.
12pm - Lunch break. Read book.
1pm - Work starts again.Snack some hours later.
9pm to 10pm (depends) - Leave office. Take subway to home. Read book or just stare blandly at nothing if I finish at 11pm or more (rare though).
10pm to 11pm - Home. Have small dinner and shower.
10:30 - 11:30 pm - Internet.
12:30 - Bed time.

I don't read much I guess.
Repeat all year forever.

>>3483165
Personal experience. I like to read little bits and reflect on it a lot. I seem to get more out of it that way than just plowing through everything. I read mostly philosophy/non-fiction though.

>>3483171
That's how it should be done. Spending time with a dog teaches you more than some shitty audiobook anyway.

>>3481740
I've been working on a personal routine theory for a few days now. How do I go about uploading my doc for you all?

>>3483195
What do you work as that it demands you stay until 9pm?

>>3483230
I'm guessing a researcher somewhere like a law firm, IB or MC, something like that. They like to give new blood 12 hour days for the first couple of years.

>>3482429
>bad for the mind

uh huh. sure, pal.

>>3483230
>>3483239 pretty much nailed it. Business Intelligence, market analyst. And as I'm young and skilled they give me the worst and most annoying jobs.

>>3483261
>since i'm skilled they give me the worst jobs

whatever you need to tell yourself.

>>3483272
Well I hope so. I did well, extremely well so far (fast and flawless), and I will most likely get a promotion very soon.