How to create a 10/10 schedule

22 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this monologue, Nick Kugelman outlines a structured daily schedule designed to maximize productivity and well‑being. The routine starts at 5:30 AM with a phone‑free wake‑up, followed by 30 minutes of cardio, a green smoothie, meditation, and a gym session. Morning time is dedicated to caring for the kids. The workday is broken into three 90‑minute deep‑work blocks (9:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 1:30 PM) focusing on the most important tasks, interspersed with lunch and afternoon meetings, scheduled emails, and calls. Evening time includes dinner, family activities (bath, stories), a brief partner one‑on‑one, and a wind‑down period that avoids TV. The day ends with a bedtime alarm at 9 PM, emphasizing lights‑out sleep hygiene as a solution to many problems.

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5:30 AM, you gotta wake up, no phone. Then we go 30 minutes of cardio, get the heart racing, exhaust the body, tame the mind. Then we got a green smoothie, meditate, breathe. Then the gym, get a real pump on, a little bicep vein in action. Then we got morning with the kids, make sure they're good, they're fed, they're happy. They're never happy, but that's okay. Then 9:00 AM, 90 minutes of deep work, most important tasks. Then we go 10:30, another 90 minutes deep work. Then Then I go for lunch, and then at 1:30, final 90-minute block, meetings for me afternoon. Then you go scheduled emails, afternoon calls, dinner, bath, stories, bedtime. My favorite part, plan tomorrow the night before. I lied, it's not my favorite part. One-on-one time with your partner. And then 9 PM, you gotta wind down. And it doesn't mean get into your favorite TV show. Finally, I set a bedtime alarm to go to bed. Lights out. Shh, go to sleep. Most of your problems get solved if you go to bed on time.