If you Google “morning routine,” you’ll receive more than 24 million search results, and for good reason: Early risers seem to get more done and live happier lives.

Some of the most successful entrepreneurs understand the benefits of having an early-morning routine: Starbucks’s Howard Schultz, GE’s Jeff Immelt, and Xerox’s Ursula Burns are just some of the early birds famous for rising before 6 a.m. to get ahead on their work.

But a morning routine is only half of a productive day; the other is the evening routine that precedes it.

Here are seven evening routines of famous and successful creatives, and how you can apply them to your own life.

“Do you know what moviemaking is? Eight hours of hard work each day to get three minutes of film,” explained Ingmar Bergman in a 1964 interview. When he wasn’t working eight hours suffering for his art, the director would spend his evenings reading, seeing friends, or watching TV or a movie from his large collection.

One study by the University of Sussex found that just six minutes of reading a day is enough to reduce stress by 68%–an excellent excuse to start curling up with a good book before you turn in for the evening.

Ludwig van Beethoven rarely worked on his music in the evening. In fact, this famous and influential composer and pianist often retired early, going to bed at 10 p.m. at the latest. He was able to optimize his early-morning routine because he got his recommended seven to nine hours of sleep the night before.