8:45AM – Wake up and wash up.
9:00AM – 9:30AM – New York Times, AIM with bored friends, make mental list of To Do’s for the day
9:30AM – 9:45AM – Make a fruit smoothie (5 ice cubs, 5 strawberries, OJ, 2 bananas, 2 scoops of vanilla yogurt) and drink.
9:45AM – 10:15AM – Reply to some emails, chat some more, check Google Analytics on key sites, log hours from previous day.
10:15AM-10:30AM – Coffee break (home-brewed Dunkin Donuts)
10:30AM – 1:00PM – Doodle on Illustrator, fiddle on Excel, reply to more emails, read a few design blogs
1:00PM – 1:30PM – Make lunch and eat while browsing for books on Amazon.com
1:30PM – 5:30PM – Take a client phone call, some Photoshopping, think about blog topics, browse more blogs
5:30PM – 6:45PM – Drink a beer while thinking about dinner plans, grocery shopping, make dinner
6:45PM – 8:00PM – Eat dinner, watch TV, digest
8:00PM – 10:00PM – Reply to email, read book or magazine
10:00PM – 11:30PM – Gym
11:30PM – 12:00AM – Wash up, check email
12:00AM – 2:30AM – Reply to emails, more Illustrator/Photoshop, write
Around 3AM – Sleep
Note: I spend many minutes in the bathroom, where I get a lot of reading done.