How do people get their best work done? How do creatives get their work done?
Do they have regular sleep schedules?
I seem to be naturally drawn to content on how others go about their day-to-day lives. Idk what I like so much about it. Part of it is the aesthetic of those videos. very calming and peaceful. But the other part of it is just - curiosity about the human condition?
- Some do short, intense bursts + loooong breaks. Others seem to never turn their brain off
- Polyphasic sleep (Da Vinci)
- Haruki Murakami
- Ben Franklin
- Bill Gates takes 2 “Think Weeks” each year - retreats where he spends time alone in a cabin in the woods to read a bunch of books, papers w/ no access to computers, phones, or TVs (he definitely did this while he was the CEO of Microsoft; unclear if he still does this today)
- His caretaker brings him meals every day
- Productivity benefits of having a “third place” - https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/26/bill-gates-took-solo-think-weeks-in-a-cabin-in-the-woods.html