What’s Your Morning Routine?

I don't have one (at least, a before-work morning routine). It's usually rolling out of bed and starting work. I don't eat breakfast but I'll make coffee some days.

1. Become aware that I'm awake.

2. If I remember any dreams, bask in the memories.

3. Languish awhile (on good days this is just a few minutes) before throwing off the covers.

4. Starting the water heating for my spouse's coffee, and drinking a few sips of the warming water to start my own rehydration.

5. Brushing my teeth.

6. Cold shower, with almost no dilly-dally now that I'm almost three years into the habit. It feels so good AFTER :) and has helped me eschew caffeine (for GERD & anxiety reasons, and maybe my skin & guts have trouble with coffee?).

7. If my child is still asleep and I'm up early enough and my spouse is at home, I go for a half-hour walk-perchance-to-jog. Sometimes I'm itching to move faster, other times the deliberate walking (practicing good posture), breathing, and open awareness is where it's at.

8. Back home and if my kid's awake we snuggle for a few minutes followed by a half-hour or so of preparation for the day (including medically-necessary things; easier now that she's growing up), otherwise if my spouse is awake I'll join her in bed or I'll make her coffee and start cutting up vegetables and greens for my breakfast.

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What's your morning routine so far?

Coffee

1. Coffee 2. Spelling Bee & Wordle while coffee 3. Put on running clothes 4. Run a minimum of 4 miles 5. Clean up and start day

-Alarm wakes me up

-Lay in bed for 10 min while I remember that I have responsibilities

-shower etc

-wake up the kid if he isn't already awake

-get him ready and fed

-take kid to day care and then either go home or to the office

Usually from awake to out the door in about 45 min. If course this all gets thrown out the window if the kid had a bad night.

I eat breakfast in the office or back at home after all that.

1. My dog wakes me up somewhere around 5am. If I'm lucky she hasn't pee'd or pooped on the floor. She's old and has dementia. 2. Said dog goes outside and then hassles me for breakfast until about 6am while I half-sleep on the couch. 3. Immediately after the dog finishes breakfast my 2 year old daughter wakes up. 4. Diaper change (for daughter), get her breakfast. 5. If it's a pre-school day, make her lunch and pack her bag. 6. Eat random spoonfuls of soggy cereal and drink a mouthful of coffee as time permits. 7. Drop her off at pre-school. 8. Rush back and start work ~9am pretending that I can keep up with all the amazing engineers 20 years my junior :)

I don't know if this will be insightful, but I'll answer because it will be fun for me to remember a few years from now when day-to-day life has slowed down... 6:00 Wake up to my alarm. 6:15 Run 3 or 4 miles through my neighborhood. 6:50 Eat my breakfast (usually frozen waffles, oatmeal, or donuts) while looking at the Defense News Early Bird Brief. 7:00 Get myself and my 2YO and 4YO kids dressed. 7:15 Make breakfast for my 2YO and 4YO kids, and make coffee with their "help." 7:20 Bring coffee and medications to my wife, and tell my 6YO and 8YO kids to get up and get dressed. 7:30 Make breakfast for my 6YO and 8YO kids, and make their lunches if they are going to school in-person, or start giving them directions if it's a day of school work at home for them. And make my wife a smoothie for breakfast. 8:30 Leave the house with my 6YO and 8YO if I'm taking them to school. If not, gradually transition to my own work from home as the kids get busy and my wife takes over, hopefully by 9:00.

- Dog usually is up by 830-9. Take on walk and get sunshine and fresh air to help wake up for about 20 min.

- Jump on morning standup calls. Some are active and some aren’t so use the secondary ones to start breakfast consisting of eggs, protein, and some fruit.

- Make coffee. I wait 90-120 minutes before I drink any caffeine from waking up.

- Work on short higher priority items that I noted from the night before until noon and hit the gym to break up the day.

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1. Drink a glass of water

2. Dress as if going out

3. Start grains

4. Start coffee

5. Read HN

6. Eat grains / drink coffee

7. Shit

I'd like to introduce "go for a run" in there, somewhere. Perhaps as a replacement for "read HN."

- Wake up at 7am

- Make coffee

- Try ship something for OnlineOrNot within 2 hours

- Go to work at 9am

1. Alarm goes at 8:00. Snooze it. 2. Alarm goes again at 8.10, snooze it. 3. Second alarm goes at 8.15, snooze it. 4. First alarm goes again at 8.20, snooze it. 5. Second alarm goes again at 8.25, turn it off and get out of bed. 6. Brush teeth, put in contact lenses, get dressed. Pack raisins/nuts snack for wife and myself. 7. 8:40, head to work.

My alarm is set to go off at 6AM, though I typically wake up a few minutes before it goes off. I make coffee, go outside to have a cigarette, and just generally chill for an hour.

At 7AM I walk across the park to my wife's house, and make a second cup of coffee. Sometimes I set out a breakfast bowl for her, and sometimes she's already awake.

7:15 I wake up our child, and gentle encourage him to get out of bed. By about 7:30 he's usually awake and alive. If not I physically carry him out of bed, and place him on the sofa, before I start to encourage him to eat some breakfast.

After he's eaten breakfast, gotten dressed, and brushed his teeth I take him out the door at 7:55. I walk him him to a neighbours house, and we wait outside there for their child to come out at 8AM. At 8:00, or 8:05, the two kids walk to school, alone, and I take a tram into the city center, later switching to a metro, and start my day at the office.

Weekends are similar, except my alarm doesn't get set at all and I tend to do nothing serious until 10AM.

Snooze 5 alarms, shut 3 alarms off, glass of water, toilet pitstop, shower, second toilet pitstop just in case, get dressed, kiss family, out of the door.

Total time: 1.5h to 2h depending on how long the second pitstop takes.

05:30: Cat asks for food, must get up to feed cat and return to bed to try getting back to sleep

06:00: Alarm goes off, turn it off and try to sleep again

06:05: Second alarm goes off, now I actually need to get up

06:15: Breakfeast

06:30: Sit on the couch with the cat and read HN

06:40: Leave to catch the bus

I start with some stretching and meditation to clear my mind before diving into work. I've found that this helps me stay focused and energized throughout the day. It's amazing how small changes in your morning routine can have a big impact on your productivity and overall well-being.

0600 - Wake up.

0610 - ~0640: Go on a brisk walk.

0640 - 0650: Sit quietly with a cup of coffee. No electronics or other distractions. Kids and wife and pets are still asleep.

0650 - 0710: Get ready for work.

0710 - 0730: Head to work.

0730: Start work

4:00 Wake up, enjoy matcha latte and a banana

4:45 Jiu-Jitsu

6:30 Shower

6:45 Make another matcha and read

7:30 Breakfast with the family

8:00 Head to work

- 6:30-6:45ish: My son wakes up (a Toddler) which means we wake up

- 6:45-8:30 : Play with my son, help with his breakfast while my wife works with my other 2 older kids who also wake up around 7 for school

- 8:30-9: Get ready for work

Then it depends on the work!!