The Science of a Better Daily Routine

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

There's plenty of advice out there about how to have a better daily routine. But what's just bunk and what actually works to improve the quality of your day and your overall life? My guest, medical-doctor-turned-science-educator Stuart Farrimond, took a deep dive into the research to find the authoritative answers to that question, and he shares them in his book Live Your Best Life: 219 Science-Based Reasons to Rethink Your Daily Routine. Today on the show, we walk through a daily routine, from morning to night, and Dr. Farrimond shares some best practices to make the most of it. We discuss why waking up to an alarm clock feels so terrible, why you shouldn't drink coffee first thing in the morning, the ideal length for an afternoon nap, how to improve your commute, the best time of day to exercise, and more.

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0:00.0	We're at McCay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.4	There's plenty of advice out there about how to have a better daily routine.
0:15.1	But what's just bunk and what actually works to improve the quality of your day and your
0:18.7	overall life?
0:20.0	My guest, Medical Doctor Turns Science Educators Stuart Fairmont, took a deep dive into the
0:25.0	research to find the authoritative answers to that question and he shares them in his
0:28.8	book, Live Your Best Life, 219 Science-based reasons to rethink your daily routine.
0:34.7	Today on the show, we walk through a daily routine from morning to night and Dr. Fairmont
0:39.3	shares some best practices to make the most of it.
0:42.2	We discuss why waking up to an alarm clock feels so terrible, why you shouldn't drink
0:45.9	coffee first thing in the morning, the ideal length of an afternoon nap, how to improve
0:50.2	your commute, the best time of day to exercise, and more.
0:54.1	To the shows over, check out our show notes at a-wim.is-dallyroutine.
1:14.8	Alright Dr. Stuart Fairmont, welcome to the show.
1:17.8	Thanks for having me.
1:18.8	So you started off your career in medicine, but then you made the jump to science writing,
1:23.1	particularly writing about health and science for a lay audience.
1:27.5	Why did you make that jump?
1:29.3	Yeah, so originally I was a Medical Doctor.
1:31.9	I was working in a UK hospital, some base in the UK and we were talking about 15 or
1:37.3	so years ago.
1:38.4	I was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
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