I Tried Albert Einstein's Daily Routine for a Week

I don't know if it's the same for you but I'm always getting recommended videos on my YouTube homepage about productive daily routines. They're usually focused on waking up at 5am and following the core principles of a healthy lifestyle. You know, eating vegetables, staying hydrated, not doing heroin. Anyway, I saw one girl upload a short where she tried Einstein's daily routine and I thought I'd quite like to try that so here we are. I read a bunch of articles about what Einstein got up to on a daily basis and found a quote from him which summed up his approach. He said that every day has 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for work and 8 hours for fooling around. But to do all of these things you need to have a proper breakfast so here's what Einstein typically had. According to Einstein's live-in housekeeper, Miss Waldo, she recalled that he ate fried eggs almost every morning, would often have toast and that he loved mushrooms. I know I'll probably get roasted for butchering the yolk but I prefer my eggs hard over and a little crispy. When I leave the eggs soft I start getting intrusive vegan thoughts about the baby bird so I actually don't eat eggs very often because of that. To review Einstein's typical breakfast, the toast and eggs were good but mushrooms are not my cup of tea. Maybe I messed up cooking them but the texture and smell of them caused me more internal pain than the baby bird guilt. I actually had to After his breakfast, Einstein would have a cup of black coffee and read the paper. Now I've mentioned this before but I've never drank tea or coffee in my life so this is my first time trying coffee. Another thing you should know about Einstein is that he f***ing hated socks because his big toe would always burst a hole in them. I want to stay true to Einstein's routine but I'll be blurring my feet in this video because I don't want any foot enthusiasts getting a free show. Now although this technique was developed after his time, Einstein followed an approach to working which was very similar to the Pomodoro technique. This involves working for 25 minutes at a time on a single task and then taking a 5 minute break. Each 25 minute burst of work is known as a Pomodoro and after 4 of these you take a longer 15 to 30 minute break. Throughout my days following Einstein's schedule and this way of I would often use these little breaks to get relaxing housework done such as trimming the dead bits off my plants then return to my work refreshed and refocused. I'd repeat this pattern throughout the day but sometimes I'd use these little breaks purely for enjoyment, for example to play with my cat. I might have mentioned that I've got a cat. Speaking of which, Einstein once said there are two means of refuge from the misery of life, music and cats. 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You don't need to put it next to a power outlet and your pet is safe from being frazzled by chewing on and you won't trip up over unsightly wires leading to their slogan fresh water to sip on no wires to trip on. The Dockstream will also automatically stop when there's a water shortage and it also holds 130ml of emergency water storage. If you want to pick up a Dockstream for your cat or dog or maybe you're just a bit thirsty yourself check out the link in the description and if everyone could congratulate Junior in the comments for getting her first sponsor that would be much appreciated. Coming back to the Pomodoro technique apparently Einstein started working this way at a point in his life when he was suffering from failure, burnout and overwhelming anxiety. I wonder what that feels like. To counteract this downward spiral he began focusing solely on his most important work for short bursts of time rather than overloading himself by spending hours at a time juggling a whole host of tasks. In my experience I can see why this worked for him. I mean my job is just making clickbait but because I'm self-employed this means I don't have a boss looking over my shoulder to make sure I'm not slacking off and watching cat videos. Chopping my work down into these manageable chunks and also making use of these five minute breaks to either relax or take care of tasks which require no brain power means I end up feeling genuinely refreshed every time I sat back down at my computer or laptop and meant I end up actually getting more work done. Apparently Einstein would often skip lunch but I'm built like an empty tracksuit so I can't afford to do that. Instead I had a sandwich and watched The Office which was Einstein's favourite show on Netflix. After his lunch Einstein would have a nap to refresh himself. Now I just can't seem to take naps and whenever I do I wake up not knowing who, where or when I am so for this part of the day I thought it was more sensible to do a bit of mindfulness instead. The rest of the afternoon would follow the same Pomodoro structure and this actually gives me a bit of time to come back to the topic of Einstein's lunch. When I was trying to find out what Einstein had for lunch I found a story about a couple of neighbourhood children who visited him one day for lunch. Following their arrival Einstein brought out four tins of beans and put a spoon in each one. Now I couldn't recreate this meal because I actually have a traumatic past with beans. When I was about 10 I went to a food fight and one of my friends threw a ladle full of baked beans at me. One of the beans ended up going in my ear and ever since that fateful day I've not eaten a single bean. On the topic of guests Einstein would often spend his afternoons dealing with visitors between his work. I didn't have any visitors today so I just continued to do housework and used the breaks to play with my cat a bit more. When the fourth Pomodoro came around I met up with my mum to go for a little walk. After the walk I came back and had a few mini muffins because I found out that Einstein absolutely loved as does mini muffins. In the evenings Einstein would typically have pasta whilst watching The Office and then he would spend about another hour on his work. If he got all of his work done he would then relax by playing the violin and building houses from playing cards. I don't have a violin so I decided to just put my full attention towards making an absolute mess of trying to build the houses of cards. When I was reading up about Einstein for this video I found a quote from him which I really liked and that was a quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest. In conclusion I actually really like Einstein's daily schedule. We're just a couple of good fellas who want a quiet life except I f***ing hate mushrooms and beans and I'm s*** at physics. If you enjoyed this video I'd appreciate you taking a second to leave a like and subscribe. Thanks for watching and I'll catch you all in the next one.