Writing habits: writing routine from one of Olga Tokarczuk’s short stories

I often recall the story by Olga Tokarczuk, Scottish Month, included in the 2001 collection of stories, Gra na Wielu Bębenkach, because of the writing routine of its protagonist. I imagine how wonderful it would be to follow a similar routine for several weeks so I could write without interruptions. Perhaps it will serve as an inspiration for you as well.

My translation from Polish:

“I wrote almost all day, surprised by the enormous amount of time in front of me, uninterrupted by anything except my own hunger. When my wrists hurt from tapping on the keyboard, I lay on the floor and recalled details, dreamed and invented, explored all possibilities of time. (…) I wrote. I wrote since morning, with this hurried, barely noticeable lunch break, and I also wrote as I paced back and forth around the room, peering out the window, watching the restless Scottish sky, smoking cigarettes. (…) In the morning I would go down to the dining room for breakfast. I got exactly what I ordered on a tiny card the day before. Usually a soft-boiled egg, toasts, juice and coffee. (…) After breakfast, I would light a cigarette in my room and open the window because the smoke was disturbing her [the host]. (…) At noon, a lunch basket would appear in front of my door - a thermos of tea, another one with soup, a sandwich, napkin-wrapped cutlery. I ate it carelessly while reading. (…) Around two or three in the afternoon, I would take my umbrella and go for a hurried walk. (…) I would go back for tea. Margaret [the host] would bring the tea to me on a tray and put it on the coffee table in front of the door, always with a piece of cake. (…) That time without qualities, scored evenly by meal times, perfectly divided by parts, held me inside of it. There was nothing to be done, nothing sudden, no phones rang, no letters disturbed me from my strange contemplative balance. Everything happened one by one, with unrelenting certainty."