--- description: The lifestyle boss shares her daily routine, including all the things she gets done before even leaving the house. title: Martha Stewart's Mornings Are Way More Ambitious Than Yours image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f2e578b0d289daf/6988dab47cdbac8f15d59b1e/martha-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Of Course Martha Stewart's Morning Routine Is Way More Ambitious Than Yours  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2017 7:34 PM CUT  TV personality Martha Stewart poses in the press room at the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. TV personality Martha Stewart poses in the press room at the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.C Flanigan—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2017 7:34 PM CUT [Media mogul](http://time.com/4841466/seth-meyers-martha-stewart/ "undefined") and [homemaking hero](http://time.com/4665829/martha-stewart-snow-plow/ "undefined") Martha Stewart knows a thing or two about running of a business empire while pursuing life’s simple pleasures. In a new run-down of her daily habits [with _The Cut_](https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/martha-stewart-interview-how-i-get-it-done.html "undefined"), Stewart described her days, which includes waking at sunrise to greet her three cats, five dogs and thirty canaries. “I generally read the New York _Times_ right away. I have my iPad right next to my bed and I do the mini-crossword puzzle — if I haven’t done it before I go to bed, because the new one is posted around midnight. It’s sort of a habit I have,” she explained of her early-morning routine. After letting out her cats and turning a special light on for her many canaries (“They’re very healthy canaries”), Stewart will hit the gym with her two French bulldogs. This all happens before breakfast, which includes a small cappuccino (“with whole milk”), a homemade green juice and some food: she’s into soft-boiled eggs, wheat germ or spelt. Finally, Stewart heads out on her hour-or-more commute to Manhattan, during which she’ll read not one but three newspapers (the _Times_, the _Wall Street Journal_, and the New York _Post_) and take calls. The secret to it all, though, might just be those fresh eggs. “Most people who have chickens will tell you their chickens stop laying in the wintertime. And mine never stop laying… I really think it’s attributed to the fresh food that they get, all year round,” she mused. “I mean, the yolks of my eggs taste better than any you’ve ever had.” Sounds like a good way to kick off a day. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4911278/martha-stewart-morning/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4911278/martha-stewart-morning/"},"headline":"Of Course Martha Stewart's Morning Routine Is Way More Ambitious Than Yours","datePublished":"2017-08-22T19:34:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:42.195Z","description":"The lifestyle boss shares her daily routine, including all the things she gets done before even leaving the house.","url":"https://time.com/4911278/martha-stewart-morning/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","celebrities","martha stewart"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f2e578b0d289daf/6988dab47cdbac8f15d59b1e/martha-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f2e578b0d289daf/6988dab47cdbac8f15d59b1e/martha-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards - Press Room","caption":"2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards - Press Room","creditText":"C Flanigan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4911278/martha-stewart-morning/","name":"Of Course Martha Stewart's Morning Routine Is Way More Ambitious Than Yours"}}]}] ```