Shonda Rhimes: Daily Routine

From morning matcha to late-night committee calls, AOC's day is fueled by purpose—and a lot of water.

In 2015, American TV producer and writer, Shonda Rhimes published her memoir, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person, chronicling a year in her life where she said yes to everything — especially to the things that scared or challenged her.

The idea came out of a conversation she had with her sister, who felt like Rhimes was saying no to everything non-work related.

“It was almost everything. If I was invited to a movie premiere, if I was invited to a screening, if I was invited to a party, if I was invited to an award show, if I was invited to be on a talk show, if I was invited to give an interview, if I was invited to speak somewhere,” she explained to Terry Gross during an NPR interview. “It didn’t really matter what the invitation was. Sometimes it would just be – an actor would invite me to dinner at their house. I would say, no.”