Tranquility by Tuesday
by Laura Vanderkam
Nine rules, tested with a group of readers over several months: give yourself a bedtime, plan on Fridays, move by three p.m., three times a week is a habit, create a backup slot, one big adventure and one little adventure weekly, take one night for you, batch the little things, effortful before effortless. It is practical and backed by her own participant data.
Read it if…
you want a short list of time rules that have been tested on ordinary people.
Skip it if…
you want an overall philosophy; this is a rule set.
Three things you will actually use
- Bedtime first; everything else depends on it.
- Plan on Fridays, not Mondays.
- Three times a week counts as a habit.
Do this first
Set a bedtime for the next seven nights and plan Friday afternoon's weekly review.
Our verdict
Practical and tested; a sensible set of rules.
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