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Almost immediately after this schedule in his Autobiography is a lament that he could not keep to it.

• jknupp 17y ago
  His autobiography, incidentally, is one of the finest I've read. Even those with no interest in history will find it enjoyable.
• mr_luc 17y ago
  Before looking at the schedule, I thought: you know, really ambitious schedules are impossible. I've had periods in my life where I've had a very ambitious daily schedule. "I'm the Complete Man! There are 168 hours in every week! I'll get up at 4AM and study literature and religion and philosophy and practice my drawing and write one song a week and put in 30 minutes of guitar practice a week and write programs in at least one unfamiliar language a week and practice another language and make it a point to Win Friends and Influence People and be more empathetic and learn to surf and keep detailed metrics and work towards my life goals!" I'd keep it up for exactly one week. Some of the gains were sticky, because inevitably you'll discover things that you do want to add to your schedule. Mostly, you discover that the important things in life can't be scheduled an hour at a time; they demand more. Then I looked at his schedule. It seemed reasonable enough.