All Play and No Rest?

For geniuses, a routine was more than a luxury - it was essential for their work…

Charles Dickens took three hours walks every afternoon - and what he observed on them fed directly into his writing. Tchaikovsky made do with two hour walks, but wouldn’t return a moment early, convinced that cheating himself of the full 120 minutes would make him ill. Beethoven took lengthy strolls after lunch, carrying a paper and pencil with him in case inspiration struck. Ernest Hemingway tracked his daily word output on a chart “so as not to kid myself”. Arthur Miller said, “I don't believe in draining the reservoir you see? I believe in getting up from the typewriter, away from it,  while I have still things to say.”

“I've realized that somebody who is tired and needs rest, and goes on working all the same”, wrote Carl Jung. “ is a fool.”

Are you?

- From the Daily Routines of Geniuses by Sarah Green

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