Barack Obama

Although his presidency is barely a week old, some of Mr. Obama’s work habits are already becoming clear. He shows up at the Oval Office shortly before 9 in the morning, roughly two hours later than his early-to-bed, early-to-rise predecessor. Mr. Obama likes to have his workout — weights and cardio — first thing in the morning, at 6:45. (Mr. Bush slipped away to exercise midday.)

He reads several papers, eats breakfast with his family and helps pack his daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, off to school before making the 30-second commute downstairs — a definite perk for a man trying to balance work and family life. He eats dinner with his family, then often returns to work; aides have seen him in the Oval Office as late as 10 p.m., reading briefing papers for the next day.

“Even as he is sober about these challenges, I have never seen him happier,” Mr. Axelrod said. “The chance to be under the same roof with his kids, essentially to live over the store, to be able to see them whenever he wants, to wake up with them, have breakfast and dinner with them — that has made him a very happy man.”

New York Times, January 28, 2009

Comments

[sarah]

wish i could be 1/2 as calm/cool/collected as him.

which papers does President Obama read as port of his daily routine

[Charles]

I worked at home for a year. It was wonderful. I saw the kids off every morning. I was there when they got home. The folks I worked with were a time zone behind mine, so I could have a leisurely start to my day including exercise. It was great. I'm sorry it ended.

[Miserere]

"which papers does President Obama read as port of his daily routine"

I'm trying to figure out if that was a serious question or if you were channelling Catie Couric...

[GP]

Obama is a very hard working man.

[Val Erde]

A very good man, and a very human man.

[Sean]

I live a ten minute walk away from work and can only imagine what a thirty second commute would be like.

[rebbeca]

i wish i was president for a day