Jess Howard, new age newspaper editor, freelancer writer, mum to young kids

One thing at a time lady! Back in September I read with huge interest this post from CAFÉ ANNE Anne Kadet, a former columnist for the Wall Street Journal in New York - where she trailled ‘no multitasking’ for a whole week and reported on it in detail. Think no texting while walking the dog, doing nothing except eating when your supposed to be eating and included an elaborate chart with 480 cells to work out what was permitted or not during the experiment. The small details she discovered, I thought, we’re fascinating. Anne’s substack newsletter is CAFÉ ANNEa weekly newsletter with a focus on New York City that takes a fresh look at the everyday, delights in the absurd and profiles unusual folks who do things their way. Although I don’t read it every week, I do recommend it, she is humorous, connected and a beautiful writer.

Sarah Stamm is a company of one - Salisbury and Maude is her business run from her farmhouse overlooking the Victorian Alps near Beechworth. Mornings start at the crack of dawn for Sarah Stamm with a kiss goodbye from her hubby. First she talks to her cat, checks messages from her ‘hungry and poor’ university aged children. Breakfast is always on the fly. No tea or coffee, just crisp cups of rainwater from the tank. Then onto creative work - be-it sewing, knitting or wreath making. In fact most days are not highly organised, there is much time communicating with her audience online or taking photos for social media. Work finishes when the fur-babies pester her too much for dinner. Easy dinner. Catch the nightly news. More knitting, some wordle and then bed around 9.30-10.00pm. “I sleep soundly and I dream in colour, it’s often when I do my best creative work.” Reading: Practising Simplicity by Jodi Wilson (who also has a Substack - hello Jodi Wilson !) Sarah loves the quote: “When we find perspective and we practice simplicity we learn to see and then embrace the beauty of our ordinary remarkable lives.”

Georgie Quigley is a publicity agent for her own business Georgie Quigley Public Relations or GQPR. She grew up in Warren, NSW, went to boarding school in Orange and now lives in neutral bay with her new husband Alex! This is what an average day in her life might look like; Snooze. Snooze. Snooze. Floss teeth. Run. “Sometimes I just do laps around our local park but if I am looking for a bit more the views from Cremorne Point make the hills worth it.” Then clean desk. Write to-do list. Hard jobs first. Anxiety eased. First coffee of the day is at 10am, always after a bottle of water. Lunch is at the desk. Inbox ends the day at zero. Reformer Pilates x2 per week. She loves to cook of an evening, especially now that some of her friends have moved away from Sydney. Then it’s a cup of tea and a series on the couch and the day ends (too late) with Wordle completed just before midnight. The best place to find Georgie is probably via her email - seeing as she is an admirable inbox zero gal otherwise she’s @georgiequigley_pr on Instagram. I’ve worked with Georgie a little bit for the Women Behind Wool podcast and film series I produced with my good friend Penny Ashby who’s the woman behind wool fashion label Lady Kate. Georgie worked up publicity for the project on Sunrise - with a huge feature shot on Penny’s farm, ABC News 24 and in Australian Woman’s Weekly.

Nadine Ingram is the much heralded artisan baker behind Sydney’s famous Flour and Stone Bakery at Wooloomooloo. She grew up on a dairy farm in the Hunter Valley and has worked in London, perfecting her pastry talents at the likes of Le Gavroche, Le Caprivce and The Ivy. In the early 2000’s Nadine transitioned from back room pastry work to the more personable and engaging stage of bakeries such as Melbourne’s famous Bourke Street Bakery. Nadine has has a remarkable career to date, dotted with many notable nominations (2017 Telstra Businesswoman of the Year) and collaborations (Cornersmith, Williams Sonoma) that are the result of her deep rooted ethos for human connection, creativity and looking after one’s soul. I approached Nadine Ingram to record something for Daily Routines because I am fascinated with all the world’s early risers, there is a magic about being into the day while most of us are sleeping and then at the other end of the day - how on earth do they survive?! But this recording surprised me. It’s not about early rising at all. I don’t know Nadine but I’ve learned through this recording that she is a beautiful soul, who’s deeply connected to this world and her calling as a baker. “I feel like there is a synergy between my body and my mind and my heart that makes me feel most alive when I am baking and so I identify myself as a baker. That synergy really comes alive when I am at home.”

Rosie Henderson lives in the world's most beautiful place, Esperance in Western Australia. Seriously my favourite place in the whole of Australia. She primarily a photographer, but is also a filmographer and creative producer. As you will hear she's a bit of a chiller - one that has a way of getting through things! You can find her at byrosiehenderson.com or on Instagram under the same name @byrosiehenderson .