Ryan Daniel Moran lays out a foundational schedule for entrepreneurs: plan every hour from 3:30 AM to 9:00 PM, but block in family time, a 6:15 AM OrangeTheory session, and multi-hour free windows. Structure, he argues, actually preserves freedom instead of killing it.
From 3:30 AM to 9:00 PM.
OrangeTheory at 6:15 (AM).
Three hours.
Everything else kind of finds its place. And one thing that's so important is to create what I call a foundational schedule, which is not rocket science, but especially if you're an entrepreneur. What entrepreneurs? A lot of them, you know, there's that freedom and they wake up and they're like, dude, I can do whatever I feel like. And they just bounce around like a pinball. Kind of like, oh, I'll check some email now I'll record a podcast now I'll write for me. If you look at my schedule, and it started back then, every hour of my day is scheduled. And occasionally I will schedule free time for three hours in the afternoon. And I'll be like, so I have the space to just do. Do whatever I want. But for the most part, my schedule from 3:30aM to 9pM is scheduled. And I've got dinner with the family in there. I've got kids story time, I've got kids bath time. The gym is in there. I go to 6:15 to orange theory. All of everything is in my schedule, including fun time, including free time.
