{"id":250,"date":"2009-12-02T15:02:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T15:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/12\/a-schedule-to-consider.html"},"modified":"2009-12-02T15:02:54","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T15:02:54","slug":"a-schedule-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/12\/a-schedule-to-consider.html","title":{"rendered":"A Schedule to Consider …"},"content":{"rendered":"


\"invitation.jpg\"<\/span>You’ve read from me before that one of my favorite books is Invitation to a Great Experiment<\/a><\/i>: Exploring the Possibility that God Can Be Known<\/a>, <\/i>by Thomas Powers. In response to my squawking about all the time I spend on busywork of the computerized kind while my in-the-works book isn’t getting written, the late Mr. Powers’ son-in-law sent me the schedule his father-in-law was on when he was writing his book. Here it is:<\/p>\n

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Prayer — 2 hours a day (1 morning, 1 night)<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Run — 20 mins a day<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Manual labor — 2 hours per day<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Sleep — 8 hours a day<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Write — 6 hours per day
Mail & music — 1 hour<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n

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And made into a schedule with times:<\/span><\/div>\n

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Rise — 5:00: pray – run – breakfast<\/span><\/div>\n
Write — 7:00 – 12:00
Lunch — 12:00 – 1:00<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Write — 1:00 – 2:00<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Mail & music — 2:00 – 3:00<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Work — 3:00 – 5:00<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Free — 5:00 – 6:00<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Retire — 8:00: Pray<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Sleep — 9:00 pm – 5:00 a.m.<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n

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Gosh, I love this. Here’s why:<\/div>\n
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