The Four-Hour Workday: A Routine That Actually Holds Up

I interviewed ten people working a strict four-hour day. Three habits showed up everywhere:

1. The first 90 minutes are reserved for the most important task — no exceptions
2. All notifications off, social apps off the work device entirely
3. A real walk at lunch, used as a hard reset

There's more to mine here on how they design "the rest of the day." Part two coming next month.

Related: deep-work network hygiene

Many deep workers use a VPN to enforce "work network" segmentation — connect on, distractions filtered; connect off, personal browsing. Cheap psychological switch.