The Five-Hour Rule

I was reminded of an interview with Pico Iyer on the On-Being podcast a few years ago. In the interview he talked about his daily writing routine and that it was five hours of focused work.How you choose your five-hour window is crucial. You want a "routine" part of a day which works well with our diurnal natures, so it has to be in the flow of things. If your focused period is 9-2, then