Routine of a Weirdo

There's a great fascination with the routines of successful people. Or people who look successful. To be precise, I guess there's a fascination with the routines of notable people. It's basically the magic cauldron theory in another hat. People read about how Notable Person X wakes up at 5AM to do Yoga for an hour before working on whatever they do... and then they think that if they do the same they'll somehow win at life.

In the unlikely event that I become a successful or notable Author [I'm more likely to get cancelled by the wowsers at the current state of things] someone will ask about my daily routine. And I will have to tell my poor interviewer that I don't have one.

I have a collection of habits. Lots of them are bad. None of them will give the imaginary audience any clue on how to be a writer like me.

If my insomnia is biting my butt and I'm awake at fuckoff in the morning, I sit up, grab my laptop, and work on at least one of my WIPs [This morning, I wrote half a chapter and added a couple of paragraphs into a fanfic]. I do this because (a) fuckit, I'm awake, I might as well do something, and (b) I can't not write. If I'm lucky enough to be tired again before 3AM, I tuck myself back in and grab a little nap before the sun can shine.

3AM is my boundary between "go back to sleep" and "might as well get up".

Thanks to my grinchy ankle, everything I do during the day is broken into two-hour chunks so I can chill that thing down. That's about the only thing that's close to running on rails. I've lately taken to adding scrambled eggs to my breakfast. Just so I have some protein in my day. Otherwise, it's just coffee, toast, pills, and vegemite soup. Not exactly fortifying. But at least hydrating.

The rest of my day is a handful of PLNs and battling my desire to space out instead of getting things done. Interrupted by the aforementioned ankle and various meatspace tasks that require me to go place and do thing.

And if I get tremendously tired because of my efforts, then I get to bed early so I can likely be awake at fuckoff AM again. It's almost a vicious cycle, that one.

I honestly have no idea how I manage to get it all done. It happens, regardless. So I guess I must be doing something right.

Now if only there was a trick I could pull to actually become notable. I'm doing what I can, but I know there's no magic cauldron for that, either.

Hints and tips appreciated.