I have been working on creating a steady morning routine. Exercise half hour, meditate half hour, fix breakfast and shower. It turns out that I now look forward to my routine when I wake up and it really changes the nature of my day. No more rush rush, frazzle frazzle, panic out the door. Nor the opposite: laze about and do nothing until noon.

Do you have a morning routine? What is it?

cereal... coffee... guitar.... kids

The alarm goes off, I roll over and hide under the covers because my partner ALWAYS turns the light on and gets dressed in the room. Get woken up again as my partner kisses me goodbye.

The alarm goes off again 30 minutes later and I have to get up. I go to the restroom, brush my teeth, and wash my face.

Go back to the room, pick my clothes, put on the bottom half of my clothes and lay the top half on the bed.

I go back to the bathroom and do my hair. That takes like 7 minutes tops. Go back to the room and finish getting dressed.

Pack my bag, than go to the kitchen and pack my lunch. Head out of the house, slip on my heels at the door, and go to work.

i wake up, get out of bed, drag a comb across my head, i go downstairs and drink a cup, find my coat and grab my hat, make the bus in seconds flat, find my way upstairs and have a smoke

mobliss said:

cereal... coffee... guitar.... kids

how long do you play guitar?

unique said:

i wake up, get out of bed, drag a comb across my head, i go downstairs and drink a cup, find my coat and grab my hat, make the bus in seconds flat, find my way upstairs and have a smoke

coffee and cigarette for breakfast?

heartbeatocean said:

mobliss said:

cereal... coffee... guitar.... kids

how long do you play guitar?

depends on the kids

Wash face

Brush teeth

Make up

Change into outfit of the day.

Gel in hair

Spritz of perfume

Out the door.

And if I"m lucky, I get breakfast before I head to class.

Wake ~ feed animals ~ walk ~ coffee ~ meditation ~ coffee ~ maybe yoga

bath ~ hair ~ clothes ~ maybe some food ~

Total morning routine time approx 3 hrs

then chores

Mach said:

Wake ~ feed animals ~ walk ~ coffee ~ meditation ~ coffee ~ maybe yoga

bath ~ hair ~ clothes ~ maybe some food ~

Total morning routine time approx 3 hrs

then chores

nice

heartbeatocean said:

Mach said:

Wake ~ feed animals ~ walk ~ coffee ~ meditation ~ coffee ~ maybe yoga

bath ~ hair ~ clothes ~ maybe some food ~

Total morning routine time approx 3 hrs

then chores

nice

it's only 18-ish months old

Life was different prior

Still adjusting and begining to enjoy it more and more

here's a more detailed breakdown of my morning routine

6.am: wake up

6.02: begin foreplay with my lovely wife

6.03: begin making sweet sweet love

6.07: get up and have a shower

6.12: grab a magazine and head to the toilet for my morning man poop

8.47: exit toilet

8.48: order wife to get me my damn breakfast

8.48.15: duck

8.49: get my own breakfast

9.10: go into the front yard and grab the morning paper

9.11: listen to the old lady across the street yell at me for no reason

9:12: come inside and put some pants on

9.15: start watching a sopranos re-run

9.37: tell wife i think it's about time i got a gumar

9.38: exit house quickly

Stay asleep as long as possible. Curse the neighbours dog. Go back to sleep.

unique said:

i wake up, get out of bed, drag a comb across my head, i go downstairs and drink a cup, find my coat and grab my hat, make the bus in seconds flat, find my way upstairs and have a smoke

love that song!

get the kids out of the house and… relax

have a leisurely breakfast, my favourite meal of the day

then do what I got to do

mobliss said:

here's a more detailed breakdown of my morning routine

6.am: wake up

6.02: begin foreplay with my lovely wife

6.03: begin making sweet sweet love

6.07: get up and have a shower

6.12: grab a magazine and head to the toilet for my morning man poop

8.47: exit toilet

8.48: order wife to get me my damn breakfast

8.48.15: duck

8.49: get my own breakfast

9.10: go into the front yard and grab the morning paper

9.11: listen to the old lady across the street yell at me for no reason

9:12: come inside and put some pants on

9.15: start watching a sopranos re-run

9.37: tell wife i think it's about time i got a gumar

9.38: exit house quickly

4: 30 am wake up

Shower / dress

have a cup tea & toast

Organize my briefcase

play my guitar for 30 mintues

exit the house by 7:00am

TD3 said:

mobliss said:

Up between 5 and 5:15...

- Check email, FB and the Org

- Make my lunch

- Feed the cat

- Pack up the laptop and put bags into the truck in the garage

- Take garbage/recycling out (Mon, Wed & Thurs)

- Make my bed and straighten up

- Brush teeth, SHOWER, get dressed, do hair

In my classroom by 7:30.

I only live 5 minutes from the school.

Wake up at 3:10am, and out of the house at 3:30.

½ hour walk to work.

Have breakfast in the office.

Do a brisk walk in the warehouse out back for an hour while listening to podcasts/audiobooks.

5:15 sit down at my desk and spend an hour reading the paper (digital edition), browsing around online and reading whatever book I have on the go.

Start working at 6:15 or so.

damosuzuki said:

Wake up at 3:10am, and out of the house at 3:30.

½ hour walk to work.

Have breakfast in the office.

Do a brisk walk in the warehouse out back for an hour while listening to podcasts/audiobooks.

5:15 sit down at my desk and spend an hour reading the paper (digital edition), browsing around online and reading whatever book I have on the go.

Start working at 6:15 or so.

So you're at work TWO hours before you need to be......

WHY?

That's a LOT of your life you're spending there unecessarily!

nd33 said:

damosuzuki said:

Wake up at 3:10am, and out of the house at 3:30.

½ hour walk to work.

Have breakfast in the office.

Do a brisk walk in the warehouse out back for an hour while listening to podcasts/audiobooks.

5:15 sit down at my desk and spend an hour reading the paper (digital edition), browsing around online and reading whatever book I have on the go.

Start working at 6:15 or so.

So you're at work TWO hours before you need to be......

WHY?

That's a LOT of your life you're spending there unecessarily!

Well, it's still my time. There's no one in the office, and I spend that time getting my exercise in and reading.

And our office is quite nice, much more comfortable in most ways than my apartment, so I have no issue with spending most of my time here rather than in my home.

damosuzuki said:

nd33 said:

So you're at work TWO hours before you need to be......

WHY?

That's a LOT of your life you're spending there unecessarily!

Well, it's still my time. There's no one in the office, and I spend that time getting my exercise in and reading.

And our office is quite nice, much more comfortable in most ways than my apartment, so I have no issue with spending most of my time here rather than in my home.

Fair enough.

You wouldn't rather go to a park, in the sun, after work?

wake up (most difficult bit 2 do)

p n poop

shower

brush teeth

fix hair

lippy

deoderant

iron clothes

get dressed

leave 4 work

nd33 said:

damosuzuki said:

Well, it's still my time. There's no one in the office, and I spend that time getting my exercise in and reading.

And our office is quite nice, much more comfortable in most ways than my apartment, so I have no issue with spending most of my time here rather than in my home.

Fair enough.

You wouldn't rather go to a park, in the sun, after work?

In the summer, I spend another hour or so walking outdoors after work. The weather is too harsh here this time of year to spend that much time outside, so I walk in the warehouse after work during the winter.

damosuzuki said:

nd33 said:

Fair enough.

You wouldn't rather go to a park, in the sun, after work?

In the summer, I spend another hour or so walking outdoors after work. The weather is too harsh here this time of year to spend that much time outside, so I walk in the warehouse after work during the winter.

Cool. I couldn't imagine getting up two hours earlier than necessary. This is intriguing...

damosuzuki said:

nd33 said:

So you're at work TWO hours before you need to be......

WHY?

That's a LOT of your life you're spending there unecessarily!

Well, it's still my time. There's no one in the office, and I spend that time getting my exercise in and reading.

And our office is quite nice, much more comfortable in most ways than my apartment, so I have no issue with spending most of my time here rather than in my home.

And that's your prerogative.

My first class begins at 8:15, but I take my breakfast with me and eat and relax.

I don't like to run in the door the same time the kids do.

I just set up my laptop, and thought I'd pop in here before the bell rings...

nd33 said:

damosuzuki said:

In the summer, I spend another hour or so walking outdoors after work. The weather is too harsh here this time of year to spend that much time outside, so I walk in the warehouse after work during the winter.

Cool. I couldn't imagine getting up two hours earlier than necessary. This is intriguing...

I'm a morning person.

I accomplish a lot before most people are out of bed.

Even on the weekends, I get up early, run errands, clean, or do whatever.

When I get home in the evening, I don't feel like doing anything....

In college, I had all early classes and was done by noon.

One roommate didn't roll out of bed until about 2 or 3, had late classes, and worked overnight in a factory. We'd pass each other in the morning.

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damosuzuki said:

Wake up at 3:10am, and out of the house at 3:30.

½ hour walk to work.

Have breakfast in the office.

Do a brisk walk in the warehouse out back for an hour while listening to podcasts/audiobooks.

5:15 sit down at my desk and spend an hour reading the paper (digital edition), browsing around online and reading whatever book I have on the go.

Start working at 6:15 or so.

you wake up at 3.10am? and you don't start work till 3 hours later?

are you mental?

if i had to start work at 6.15am and it was 30 mins walk, i'd wake at 6am and get the bus or something, maybe turn up at 7.30, then have coffee and breakfast, then surf the web till about midday, then have lunch, surf again for a bit and do a bit of work and go home about 2pm, after surfing the web for a bit before hometime