Drennan, our musical director, in his mid-sized crew cabin.

This is Drennan’s seventh cruise contract and he has a very particular schedule for himself, which he showed me on his laptop.

Me: I heard you’ve scheduled yourself down to 15 minute increments.
Drennan: I don’t know if it’s as specific as 15 minutes but… [clicks on something] Oh yeah. It is. 0.25. 15 minutes.

So he has each day of each week scheduled out with a measured amount of time for sleeping and the shows we do but also for yoga and playing his various musical instruments and composing.

Drennan: I’ve learned how easily free time, even a lot of free time, can just disappear.
Me: So how close are you keeping to your schedule?
Drennan: Not 100%. I’ve been sleeping in more than I intended. But pretty close.

The most interesting thing about his schedule that he keeps on a spreadsheet is that it totals everything up for the week. The accumulative amount of everything for the week, even 1.75 hours a week of “waking up.”