[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.timemanagementplans.com\/living-life-on-c-s-lewiss-schedule\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.timemanagementplans.com\/living-life-on-c-s-lewiss-schedule\/","headline":"Living Life on C.S. Lewis\u2019s Schedule","name":"Living Life on C.S. Lewis\u2019s Schedule","description":"Last month, I read a book titled The Reading Life by C.S. Lewis. It wasn’t really a book that C.S. Lewis wrote, although he wrote all the meaningful text in the book. An editor went through Lewis’s writings \u2013 essays and letters, mostly \u2013 and collected everything he’d “said” or “written” about life as a...","datePublished":"2025-06-04","dateModified":"2025-06-04","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.timemanagementplans.com\/author\/mark\/#Person","name":"Mark","url":"https:\/\/www.timemanagementplans.com\/author\/mark\/","identifier":2,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/131cfccbaaff5083caadb2ebb178119fe605ab5a0bdcf4a00e7f2ec170a49434?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/131cfccbaaff5083caadb2ebb178119fe605ab5a0bdcf4a00e7f2ec170a49434?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reflective Dynamics, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.timemanagementplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/time-management-plans-blog-logo.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.timemanagementplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/time-management-plans-blog-logo.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.timemanagementplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cs-lewis-at-his-desk.jpg?fit=720%2C360&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.timemanagementplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cs-lewis-at-his-desk.jpg?fit=720%2C360&ssl=1","height":360,"width":720},"url":"https:\/\/www.timemanagementplans.com\/living-life-on-c-s-lewiss-schedule\/","about":["General"],"wordCount":1042,"articleBody":"Last month, I read a book titled The Reading Life by C.S. Lewis. It wasn’t really a book that C.S. Lewis wrote, although he wrote all the meaningful text in the book. An editor went through Lewis’s writings \u2013 essays and letters, mostly \u2013 and collected everything he’d “said” or “written” about life as a devoted reader.Of course, Lewis was an English professor who had a great deal of control over his own schedule. But in one of the pieces in this book, he explained the schedule he tried to live by.I’m a writer by profession (believe it or not), and I have almost complete control over my schedule, too.But lately, I haven’t been as productive as I’d like to be.And I’ve decided that this is largely because I don’t have much structure to my day. You’d be surprised when you don’t have to punch a time clock how easy it is to let a work day get past you without getting any work done.And Lewis is a prolific (and excellent) writer as well as a devoted reader, so I thought if I started following his daily routine and schedule, maybe I could be more productive. I also think that if I’m more productive, I’ll be happier, too.I’m writing this essay on June 1, 2025, and I plan to follow Lewis’s daily routine as closely as I can through June 30. After seeing the results, both positive and negative, I’ll reevaluate how well this approach to structuring my days works. I’ll adjust my daily routine and schedule accordingly after that.In fact, in the interest of lifestyle experiments, I might switch to someone else’s daily routine to see how well that works. I might fall in love with the C.S. Lewis daily schedule, but if I don’t, maybe I’ll do better by emulating Anthony Trollope or Benjamin Franklin.How does a day on C.S. Lewis’s perfect daily schedule look? It’s not a complicated structure at all, which is one of the reasons I was attracted to it in the first place.Here’s what the schedule looks like \u2013 think of the events that start at certain times as “anchors” during the day for those activities. When the time is up and you’re ready to switch to the next activity, you’re pulling anchor on the previous activity and putting down a new anchor.Here’s how the schedule looks, along with some of my notes about each8am to 9am – BreakfastLewis started his day with a meal of porridge, toast, and strong hot tea. He often read while he ate, and at breakfast time, he preferred to read something spiritual. For him, this probably meant the Bible or The Imitation of Christ, but I think I’ll start my day by reading out of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.9am to 1pm – WorkThis is a 4-hour block of time set out for serious work. Lewis spent this time reading difficult, serious texts and\/or writing his own stuff. He would stop briefly at 11am to drink a strong cup of coffee.1pm to 2pm – LunchtimeLewis would have lunch at 1pm and spend time reading as he was eating. I couldn’t find many details about what Lewis liked to eat for lunch. I’ll be eating a turkey sandwich with mayo on sourdough today, probably with a cup of soup. It will be a small cup of soup, though, because it’s coming from a can, which means it’s notoriously high in salt. I’m supposed to limit my sodium intake these days. It’s a drag getting old, especially when you’re used to adding salt to everything you eat.2pm to 4pm – Walking and\/or nappingLewis liked to go for walks with people who had similar reading tastes. If they didn’t read like he did, he wasn’t really interested in going for a walk with them, so he’d go for a walk by himself.If he didn’t feel like walking, he would take a nap or just lie down and rest. If he were resting without napping, he would read something light while lying down.4pm-5pm TeatimeI’m not sure what Lewis would have at teatime, but my nutritionist wants me to have 3 meals and a snack each day, AND she wants me to have a couple of ounces of protein with my snack, so that’s what I’m planning for here.As usually, Lewis would read while he was eating, too, so I’ll do the same.5pm to 7pm – Back to the Desk for More WorkThis 2-hour block of time is just like the 4-hour block of time from 9am to 1pm \u2013 serious reading and\/or writing.7pm to 8pm – SuppertimeLewis usually had a light supper with traditional comfort foods. Think roast beef or roast chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy along with some kind of green vegetable.8pm to 11pm \u2013 Free TimeThis is what most of us would consider free time. Lewis would spend tome socializing. If he weren’t socializing, this is time he might spend listening to music. I might use this time to watch a movie or a TV show. Or I might do some more reading. Lewis read for at least 3 hours a day,but 5+ hours was more likely.Then, it’s 11pm bedtime, with an alarm set for 7:30am so that I can get up and do it all over again tomorrow.This schedule seems workable and even pleasant. I’ll have more to report about this daily routine after I’ve spent some time living by it. Look for at least one followup post about this at the end of the month, although I reserve the right to include some “how’s it going” posts related to this before then.I suspect I’ll have a full list of benefits and drawbacks to report.Did you like this article?  Please share it with your friends and visitors to your Website.  Tell people about www.TimeManagementPlans.Com.  Thank you."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Living Life on C.S. 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