sara
blakely
yoga at 6:30, the same smoothie every day, no coffee ever, a hot bath every night.
mostly from a 2018 interview with The Cut, plus her “fake commute” on Reid Hoffman’s podcast. Recent interviews are about Sneex and business, not routine, so this page is dated.
what sara uses.
stack as of jun 2018
what sara eats.
- breakfastevery daya thick berry-and-greens smoothie
blueberries, cherries, kale, spinach, dates, herbs, chia and walnuts, eaten “like ice cream.” (2018).
1·’18 - drinkmorninggreen tea, honey, cashew milk
no coffee, ever (2018).
1·’18
- Sunday pancakes in shapes her kids order (2018)1·’18
sara’s day.
- 6:30Yoga at home
“I try to do yoga at my house at 6:30 a.m.,” then gets her four children ready for school. (2018)
fitness - BreakfastThe same smoothie every morning
frozen wild blueberries, dark cherries, kale, dates, cinnamon, spinach, cilantro, mint, lemon, chia and walnuts. “I eat it like ice cream.” (2018; in 2016 she said the secret ingredient was prunes.)
nutrition - With itGreen tea, never coffee
green tea with local Georgia honey and homemade cashew milk. “I’ve never had a cup of coffee in my whole life.” (2018)
energy - An hour earlyThe “fake commute”
she lives close to Spanx, so she gets up an hour early and drives around Atlanta to think. (2018)
focus
- MondaysA cleared “think day”
mondays are kept free to create and think; Wednesdays are meetings. (2018)
focus
- 4–6 pm
- Every nightA hot bath with lavender salts
five to ten minutes, with a candle and drugstore lavender Epsom salts. “I’ve done it my entire life.” (2018)
sleep
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steven bartlett
no alarm and no meetings before 11, then omega-3, vitamin D and creatine, mostly keto food and the gym after work.
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novak djokovic
warm lemon water, celery juice, a green smoothie, light plant-based food before training, bed by midnight.
see the habitsSources (6)
- The Cut — How I get it done: Sara Blakely (Jun 2018)
- CNBC Make It — quoting Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman (Jun 29, 2018)
- SELF — Sara Blakely interview (Sep 27, 2016)
- Page Six Style — Sara Blakely’s six picks (Dec 26, 2025)
- Blackstone — Spanx and Blackstone close majority sale (2021)
- PR Newswire — Sara Blakely launches Sneex (2024)
Last checked 18 Oct 2026.
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped, resized). All image credits.
