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MATTHEW KEPNES, Nomadic Matt
WORK • Tuesday Routine
MATTHEW KEPNES • travel writer • Nomadic Matt
Neighborhood you work & live in: Upper East Side
It’s Tuesday morning. What’s the scene at your workplace?
After eating a heavy protein breakfast and brewing a big pot of tea, I sit down at my dining table, papers everywhere, and start working on this week's newsletter. Every Tuesday, I send out one to my subscribers that includes a little life update, upcoming events, updated blog posts, travel stories I liked, and an inspirational quote. That takes about an hour. When that’s done, I open my big to-do list — which usually consists of small tasks like updating content or reading over edits from my editor — and work until lunch.
Tuesday is my main work-from-home day as I like to start my days early, but don't want to commute down to a co-working space or coffeeshop. After lunch, I try to bring order to the chaos that are all my papers and notes that end up on random sheets of paper and condense them into one page. After that, I go to the gym before coming home and finishing the one pager to-do list!
What’s on the agenda for today?
I’m writing new blog posts and updating travel guides. I'll make a salad for lunch before going for a walk and to the gym in the afternoon. After that, I'll reply to any emails or messages from my team before heading somewhere to sit, drink a glass of wine, and read a book for an hour before cooking dinner and catching up on Only Murders in the Building, which I just started.
Any restaurant plans today, tonight, this weekend?
This week, I'm going to try Sendo, the new sushi spot in Koreatown that my friend opened. It's getting good reviews! I'll also head to Flex Mussels for seafood (I love oysters) and Tha Praya for Thai food, which is right near me in the Upper East Side. It's one of the best Thai restaurants in the area.
How about a little leisure or culture this week?
As a member of The Met, I go once a week to wander the exhibits and stare at the Impressionist paintings for far too long. With fall here, I also like to spend a lot of time wandering Central Park, dining al fresco, and taking advantage of all the art fairs that come through the city. I may not purchase anything but it's inspirational to look at (I'm a big fan of the Affordable Art Fair that happens at the end of September). Additionally, I try to do one "tourist activity" each week. We live in the greatest city in the world and there's so much to do here that I always feel like locals never explore their backyard so I make it a point to go to one thing a week. This week, I'll be visiting Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace in Nomad.