Benjamin Franklin's "Schedule For The Day"
I love looking over Benjamin Franklin's "schedule for the day" -
I'd like to do something similar, although I couldn't get by on 4 hours of sleep, at least not at this stage of my life. I'll try for something like the following:
THE MORNING. { 5 } Rise, wash, and address
{ } Powerful Goodness! Contrive
Question. What good shall { 6 } day's business, and take the
I do this day? { } resolution of the day; prose-
{ 7 } cute the present study, and
{ } breakfast.
8 }
9 } Work.
10 }
11 }
NOON. { 12 } Read, or overlook my ac-
{ 1 } counts, and dine.
2 }
3 } Work.
4 }
5 }
EVENING. { 6 } Put things in their places.
{ 7 } Supper. Music or diversion,
Question. What good have { 8 } or conversation. Examination
I done to-day? { 9 } of the day.
{ 10 }
{ 11 }
{ 12 }
NIGHT. { 1 } Sleep.
{ 2 }
{ 3 }
{ 4 }
I'd like to do something similar, although I couldn't get by on 4 hours of sleep, at least not at this stage of my life. I'll try for something like the following:
THE MORNING.
Question. What good shall { 7 } Rise, wash, and address
I do this day? { } Powerful Goodness! Breakfast.
8 } Work.
9 }
10 }
11 }
NOON. 12 }
{ 1 } Read, or overlook my accounts, and dine.
2 } Work.
3 }
4 }
5 }
EVENING. 6 }
{ 7 } Supper. Read, meditate, exercise.
Question. What good have { 8 } Examination of the day.
I done to-day? { 9 }
{ 10 }
11 } Sleep
12 }
NIGHT. 1 }
2 }
3 }
4 }
5 }
6 }
6 Comments:
Are you sure that means he only slept four hours? Seems to me it should be interpreted that he was asleep at, or about, 10PM. I darn sure couldn't make it on four hours!
By Anonymous, at 12/25/2005 4:39 p.m.
Hi Floozl - You could very well be right - perhaps he got 7 hours.
By Jonathan, at 12/25/2005 5:09 p.m.
Yes, from 10 PM to 5 AM. See his autobiography: http://books.eserver.org/nonfiction/franklin/bf5.html
By Anonymous, at 8/20/2006 5:04 p.m.
Thx j.g. for the correction.
By Jonathan, at 8/21/2006 10:49 p.m.
10pm, that sounds more like his "early to bed, early to rise, makes a man health, wealth, and wise".
By Anonymous, at 8/01/2009 7:14 p.m.
Yep!
By Jonathan, at 8/01/2009 7:20 p.m.
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