The Valuable Weekend Morning
Designed by Bearmore
Inspired by Sahil BloomBecause your best hours can’t always go to everyone but you.
Do some great thinking before the day overruns your mind. An unhurried weekend morning of cold exposure, a sunlight walk, deep writing and a solid workout, built the way writer Sahil Bloom front-loads his day.
The runsheet
Cold!
A few minutes of cold is how Sahil shifts into being properly awake. A cold plunge is the full version, and a cold shower turned right down for the last few minutes does the same job if you have no tub.
5 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing cold plunge before being in nature
There's a useful connection here because the plunge wakes the senses, so stepping outside you catch breeze, birdsong, and colour more vividly.
Walk in the early light
He walks with his wife and son soon after waking, partly for the company and partly for the early light, which helps settle your body clock. Fifteen minutes outside is enough, and you can take it alone if that suits the morning.
15 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing being in nature before creative writing
This pairing is especially effective because nature often sparks fresh perspectives and vivid sensory input that flow naturally into writing.
Morning writing block
Sahil keeps his sharpest thinking for real work, not for reacting to a feed or inbox. By now the body is awake and the walk has cleared your head, take 30 minutes to find creativity, for this one it’s through writing.
30 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing creative writing before resistance training
One does not really change the other because strength training focuses on physical effort, separate from creative and reflective work.
Strength session
Training is non-negotiable in Sahil's morning, and he leans on strength work rather than long cardio. Thirty minutes of lifting is plenty; scale the load to where you are and keep the movements simple if you are training at home.
30 min activityTime well spent.
2h 7m that belonged to you — not the inbox, not anyone else.
The breakdown
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About this Burst
Sahil Bloom is an American writer and former hedge-fund vice-president, and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Types of Wealth (financial, social, mental, physical and time). He writes The Curiosity Chronicle, a newsletter with more than 800,000 subscribers, covering decision-making, growth, daily structure, training and family. He is based in the United States.