Inspired by this thread:
I thought it'd be interesting to hear what some of your morning routines are. I'm currently drinking my morning coffee and browsing hubski as a part of my own routine.
After I wake up, if there's a dream I want to record and remember, I'll do so in the little journal I keep on my nightstand. I'll clean up and get dressed, feed my cats (and myself) and go for a 2 or 3 mile run, depending on my mood. But that's the elegant way of putting it. It's more like I wrestle myself out of my sheets, brush my teeth (and refuse to look at the reflection of the mess I've become), scare the shit out of my cats (who are subjected to my grogginess) and stare outside longingly, while wishing I had the motivation to go for a run.
I do run, I'm just not religiously devoted to it as some other people I know are. It really is refreshing, and it is worth it as long as you time it correctly and don't overwork yourself. As long as I do a run that I can handle pretty easily, then it is definitely worth waking up a bit earlier. I really hope my comment on scaring my cats wasn't misinterpreted (and I'm just terrible at social relations) but I didn't mean to imply that I scared my cats on purpose, I just meant I'll fumble around my house and drop things and my cats are subjected to the loud noises. It's hilarious how much of a not-morning person I am, running has really helped with waking me up and keeping me up throughout the day too.
It might be worth it, but how do I convice tired me that it is? Maybe I should take my SO on a surprise run tomorrow, that will make her day and I get to see if it's worth it or not. I didn't really think you scared your cats for fun in the morning, being clear about when I'm joking and not isn't my strong side if you ask my SO..
Well that's embarrassing, heh. Perhaps your sense of humor was too refined for my unappreciative, immature taste? Yeah, our tired alternate selves always seem to be getting in our ways, huh? Well, good luck getting her to run anyways. I remember the only motivation for me to start running for the first time was my new mindset: the stereotypical "New Year, New Me" phenomenon every New Years. If it hadn't been that external motivation, I'd never have started. I actually legitimately lost where I was going with that, perhaps you should wait until New Years? Or design a time machine? Or that if she's anything like me, it's gonna take a lot to get her started? Regardless, it's almost 6:00AM where I am so I feel justified in leaving it at that, and good luck! :)
Well yes, that is probably how it is. :) I'm pretty sure she would love it if I told her I would like us to run as a morning routine. My tired self doesn't care what I promise and I don't want to disappoint her, my tired self is going to try extra hard tomorrow. Thanks for the inspiration!
Allow me to expand... Letting the kitten out. Watching the sun rise. Checking my garden. Workday = Summoning the courage to grin and bear it. Offday = Making love and going back to sleep 'til the afternoon.
I guess I have a fairly usual morning routine. I get up some time around 7:30, hop straight into the shower and then brush teeth & shave. Following this, I get dressed and then make breakfast (usually some flavored porridge and an espresso). Then I surf the internet/read emails/relax for half-an-hour or so before heading to work. If you're interested in morning routines, I'll point you towards the website of an old friend from school who curates the morning routines of various people. I generally find many of the people on there a little pretentious, but some of you may find it of interest!
Browse reddit and hubski while still in bed, get up, meditate for 15 min, make morning smoothie, and drive to work and want to go home.
Wake up when the sun rises. Fall back asleep or do stuff on my phone until alarm goes off 40 minutes later. Alarm goes off. Snooze alarm. Snooze alarm. Snooze alarm. Realize I have about 10 minutes until I have to be at work. Throw clothes on and leave for work.
Two simple yet overly advertised words. Red Bull. I'd pump it in my veins if I could, I feel I can't function without it. (And I'm obviously aware it isn't very healthy for me, but I can't drink coffee everyday).
Mondays-Wednesdays, I have an extra half hour before I go into work, so I usually spend it hitting the snooze alarm about 4 or so times (damn do I need to stop that though, it never helps :/) After that, it's pretty average, I'll shower, grab a coffee, make a fruit smoothie for breakfast and a salad for lunch, and pack them up for work. After that, depending on how much time I have, I'll kill the bit of time I got before work either reading on the back porch or playing a game if the weather sucks.
Since it's summer break I tend to sleep in a lot. When I wake up I immediately feed the cats, then I put eggs on the stove and wash up while they're boiling. After drying the eggs I cuddle with one of my cats (for some reason she always gets into a cuddly mood when she sees me dry the eggs. I don't know.) for a bit and then I have breakfast while catching up on Youtube subscriptions or TV shows/anime. After breakfast I brush my teeth, shower and do make-up if I'm going somewhere. Otherwise I just settle back into bed with my laptop. During school semesters my mornings look the same, except I wake up at 5 or 6am.
The first thing I have to do when I get up is put in my contacts. I'm pretty blind without them. Then, I go find something to satisfy my inevitable hunger. If it's the weekend or I'm on break from school, I'll queue up some youtube videos on my chromecast and watch those while I eat. If not, I'll eat quickly and head to the shower. Brush my teeth after eating/showering, then it's pretty much either straight to my computer or out the door for school. I have a mundane life, but it's nice.
I guess I can expand a bit myself. My morning routine can change a lot depending on how much is going on in my life. With a job or school the routine gets set in place pretty hard. Wake up. Brush teeth. Eat. Coffee. Browse Internet. Get dressed. Leave. When things are less rigid things can get pretty fluid. Waking up can get more difficult because, "what's the point". I went through a time where I'd work out and had a rigorous study regiment every morning, but that kind of stopped when too much started happening in my life.
Currently in practise: Get up, go shower, get dressed, leave for work. Ideally I want to fit in 10 minutes of stretching, or some rounds of tabata. But I just c an't manage that for some reason.
Everyday routine: Drink water and urinate as soon as I get out of bed. I'll also brush my teeth before I leave home or after breakfast if I'm not going anywhere.
Other than that it depends on what I'm doing later. Going to the office? Add a shower to the routine and skip breakfast since there's free breakfast at the office. Going to the smelly factory at our biggest client? Eat breakfast with my SO and commute together since she works on the way there. Staying at home? Breakfast with Netflix. That covers 90% of my mornings.
Funnily enough my morning routine is often spontaneous and dependent on what I did the day before or what I'm doing later in the day. More often than not I'll wake up, go straight into the kitchen and put the kettle on. From here on it starts changing day-to-day. I might either make cereal, toast, or just have a banana. Whilst I eat and drink my coffee I'll read a couple news stories online. Now today I went for a cycle ride, but other days I might run or work out. But it depends if I'm doing anything in the evening or if I did something big the day before. After I've returned home, I'll quickly jump in the shower, then make myself some lunch for the day. If I've got a bit of time I'll chat on IRC, but will soon be heading off to work!
Well currently since I'm taking morning class at college it is this. 3-4 am: go to sleep 7 am: wake up once 8:30 am: wake up twice 9:15 am: wake up for the third and final time 9:15-9:45: stay in bed and check Clash of Clans and play some Minesweeper 9:45-10: get dressed, brush teeth, feed dog. 10:05 am: leave house