Tuesday


7:00am

morning meditation

  • wake up

  • slip on your headphones

  • cue the morning meditation on your phone

  • close your eyes

  • press play

 

8:00am

breakfast

Fresh Buddha plate. 

 

9:00am

snorkeling

Objectives:

  • incubate your ideas by taking a break from thinking

  • mind-wander by focusing on exploring underwater life

  • increase creative potential with physical movement

  • spending time in nature to catalyze ideas

  • controlled, rhythmic breathing will help you relax

Advice: 

  • don't think or talk about work or your project

  • focus on enjoying the present moment

 

1:00pm

lunch

Spinach gazpacho and greek salad. 

 

2:00pm

work session

Objective: select and develop a primary user persona.

Advice: avoid emails, calls, or other work unrelated to your project/idea.

Use the Work Optimization audio to help you get focused. 

  • slip on your headphones

  • cue the work optimization audio on your phone

  • press play

  • get to work

 

6:30pm

Dinner

Roasted potato power bowl and strawberry cheesecake with berry sauce for dessert.

 

8:00pm

fireside chat

Objective: help each other expand our horizons.

Nominate one person from the group to facilitate the chat. The facilitator has three responsibilities:

  1. ensure everyone has a turn at getting input from others

  2. ensure each person has their turn and takes no more than a 15 minutes

  3. ensure everyone follows the advice below

Advice:

  • don't judge other's ideas

  • the wilder the ideas the better

  • build on the ideas of others

  • stay on the topic

  • one conversation at a time

  • go for quantity

Key questions for discussion:

  • what one thing did you aim to achieve today?

  • what one thing excited you the most about the work you did today?

  • what one challenge became evident today?

  • what one revelation or breakthrough did you have today?

  • what one thing could we help brainstorm to make your project amazing?

 

10:00 pm 

sleep meditation

  • ready for bed

  • slip on your headphones

  • cue the sleep meditation on your phone

  • close your eyes

  • turn out the lights

  • press play