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My weekend schedule

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warikoo Wanderings

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MY WEEKEND ROUTINE

Last week, I shared with all of you my daily routine. Thank you so much for the response - I didn't realize that someone's daily routine could be the reason for such excitement in other people's lives :))

A lot of you wrote in asking for my weekend routine, which is indeed quite different from my weekday routine. I wonder why though because it's not that I have to go to an office or something.

Here is the current weekend routine:

Friday nights are the exceptions to my "sleep by 9.30pm" rule because I conduct a live at 10pm on Instagram, every Friday. It is one thing that I really look forward to because this is my way of connecting with my audience in the most up close manner.
Hence, Saturday mornings I do not get up around 5am. Instead, I get up around 6.30am.

6.30-6.45am: Sip a glass of water
6.45-7.15am: Meditate
7.15-7.45am: Reading
7.45-8am: Do epic shit :))
8am-8.45am: Gym
8.45-9am: Newspaper
9-9.30am: Get ready
9.30-10am: Breakfast
10am-12.30pm: Work day
This usually comprises checking emails, prepping for my Monday shoot (I shoot all my videos on Monday), thinking time etc.
12.30-1.30pm: Time waste schedule :)
1.30-2.30pm: Lunch
2.30-5.30pm: This is when we either watch a movie (happens maybe once/twice a month) or we go out for some errands (shopping etc - both of us LOVE shopping haha)
5.30-6.30pm: Check emails
6.30-7pm: Dinner
7-8pm: Park with family
8pm: Get ready for bed
8.30pm: Put kids to bed
9pm: Read
9.30pm: Sleep

So basically, a LOT of chilling and unwinding with only half a day of work.

On Sunday, the same routine follows, except in the morning both Ruchi and I usually go for a heritage or nature walk. Delhi has a LOT of places to visit and has a rich history and we both love walk tours with experts.
These walks usually start at 7am (so we have to leave our home by 6am) and end by 9.30/10am, so we are back home by 11am.
So getting ready, breakfast, newspaper etc are all pushed to the first half of the day (by 12.30pm) after which the day looks very close to how a Saturday looks like.

To get a glimpse of last week's heritage walk, check the picture section below.

If I add up my time spent in a week and categorize them as either urgent or important, the grid looks something like this:

  • 52% of the things I do in my week are important, but not urgent. These will be things such as reading, exercising, meditating, thinking, etc
  • 23% are things that are important AND urgent - these would be emails, creating content etc
  • 13% are things that are neither important nor urgent - watching Netflix, my wasting time schedule
  • 12% are urgent but not important - such as some urgent emails, administrative tasks in life etc

Note:

  1. 75%+ of my time goes towards things that are important
  2. Only 12% (the least) goes towards things that are urgent but not important
  3. That said, 25% of my time does go towards urgent things. I should not aim to reduce it, because this balance is what makes my day work!

In my course "Take Charge of your Time" - this matrix (called the Eisenhower Matrix) forms the basis of all my teaching.
But it is this measurement of time that is the most critical. And the most challenging. Most of my students fail at this stage itself!

Do you know what the grid is for you?

BOOK I AM READING THIS WEEK

I am still reading First and Last Freedom by J Krishnamurti. It is a heavy book and I will need 2-3 weeks to finish it.
During my evening time, I have started another book - which is a light read but a fascinating one.
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
The book is about how humans remember moments and what makes them memorable.
Thus how can one design these moments - in their life, be it their relationships, their friendships, their work or beyond.
Really good read. Immensely entertaining and insightful.

My book DO EPIC SHIT is now available in Hindi, Marathi and Tamil.
Of course, also in
English :)
2 more languages coming up!

QUOTES TO SHARE

Act on the thoughts that keep you up at night.
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It's exhausting to love those who don't love themselves, because they never believe somebody could love them so much!
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Those with a routine never worry about losing a day.
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RESPONSES TO LAST WEEK'S QUESTION

Last week I asked you:

How do you listen to your music?

  1. Do not listen to music
  2. YouTube
  3. Spotify/Gaana/Saavn, etc
  4. Downloaded songs on mobile/computer
  5. Radio
  6. Still buy CDs

Here are the responses:

  • As you age, YouTube moves from being an educational destination to an entertainment destination. Hence proved!!
  • Downloaded music is still there, surprisingly higher than radio. Radio just seems dead post COVID.
  • The music apps (Spotify/Gaana/Saavn etc) still rule the game, rightfully so. I love how YouTube, which frankly had no business being in here, is such a powerful contender, at an independent level itself.

My response?
I listen to all my music from Apple Music (have a subscription), so it would technically fall under the same Spotify/Gaana/Saavn category.

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Last Sunday's heritage walk was at the Mehrauli Archaeological Park (also called Jamali Kamali). Got to understand so much about the historic importance of the area.

Did you know that Delhi has the highest number of monuments in the country (and perhaps the highest density of monuments in the world)?

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Where do you watch your movies/TV series?

  1. Netflix
  2. Hotstar/Disney+
  3. Amazon Prime
  4. Voot/Sony Live/Zee5 and others
  5. Cable TV
  6. Do not watch movies/TV

​Click here to let me know your answer (anonymously)​​​​

CONTENT I SHARED THIS WEEK

Podcast:
Title of episode: Boredom
Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, JioSaavn, Gaana or YouTube.

YouTube:
Conversation with Kunal Shah
You can watch it here.

Instagram:
3 signs you are a wonderful person
You can watch it here.

Twitter:
14 ways to beat distraction
You can read it here.

You can, of course, always write to me by simply replying to this newsletter.

I love reading all your emails, even though I may not be able to reply to them all.
Yes! I READ ALL MY EMAILS. ALL OF THEM.
​​(Badalte aam ki varieties ki kasam)

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warikoo Wanderings

by Ankur Warikoo

Entrepreneur, Author, Content Creator with 9M+ followers across platforms. I share this newsletter every Friday around personal growth, books, quotes, pictures - it is the most personal version of me online.

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