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    Morning. Routine

    Read an article about the "productive morning routine of successful women" or some such...and was incredibly underwhelmed by what the writer considered 'productive'.

    What does your morning routine look like?
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    #2
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    I don't think my morning routine would be considered productive by anyone. I wake up early to do everything so I'll have the rest of the day free, but I end up taking a shower, drinking coffee and listening to music. Sometimes I meditate, though.

    (By the way, I wouldn't expect much from an article with such title)

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      #3
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      I hate being productive in the morning. It's my "me" time. I read, listen to records, and drink my coffee and do absolutely nothing else.

      I despise the modern desire to be productive all the time. I think it's important to be unproductive sometimes.

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        #4
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        Shower, get dressed, let dog out, feed dog and chicks, get boys breakfast ready, get boy up and dressed, eat something, boy on bus and to work. If no school some of those change to get husband and get him ready to watch boy.

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          #5
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          I'm fast, maybe not so productive. As a total night owl who is stuck in an early morning job, I don't like to mess around with potential sleep time. I have to be at work at 6a ... with an occasional reprieve to 6:30a.

          I wake up, let the dogs out for potty, get dressed, grab my bag, then load the dogs into the car before we take off. I bathe in the evenings so that's already done.

          So then I get to work and kennel my guys for a little while I take care of the boarders, then I put then into the daycare room, and in the last few minutes before we open at 7a, I do my basic grooming here at work (just brush my teeth and hair).

          I've been a girly girl on hair and make up most of my life, but this job has killed that for me. It's just a waste of product ... the dogs simply don't care.

          If I get an office job again at any point, I will probably switch back to a longer morning routine with straightening iron and mascara.

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            #6
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            Most mornings: Up at 6:30, breakfast, remember my meds (sometimes), make lunch, shower and take wife to work. On weekends, I'm either up our at least awake by 8. I'm an early bird so that's when I work best. In fact, if my morning is off to a bad start, then that effects my ability to work well the rest of the day.
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              #7
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              Old and retired...lay in bed until I feel the urge to eat,or hit the bathroom...crawl back in bed and watch news or play a video game,or go online...Nap time when I feel the need..
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                #8
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                What it was for decades: Up around 5:30, feed pet(s), coffee while listening to traffic report to know which way to go to work, shower, dress & out the door by 6:45 to drive less than 20 miles and be there by 8.
                How it is now: Much slower, thankfully! No more traffic reports or getting out the door.
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                  #9
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                  Make coffee, feed critters, accomplish the three S's, brush remaining teeth and remaining hair, pull on me pantaloons, let dog "A" out, take dog "B" out, drink coffee previously made, notice I'm late and race out the door.
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                    #10
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                    I know what the 3 S's are,but some might not have ever heard that term...
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                      My duty?

                      To inform the ignorant...

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                        #12
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                        Originally posted by anunitu View Post
                        Old and retired...lay in bed until I feel the urge to eat,or hit the bathroom...crawl back in bed and watch news or play a video game,or go online...Nap time when I feel the need..
                        Not old or retired but I do pretty much the same.
                        baah.

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                          #13
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                          Originally posted by Eofor View Post

                          (By the way, I wouldn't expect much from an article with such title)
                          Lol, not sure if that was exactly the title, but it was pretty close...



                          I just thought it was funny because these women were like "I do yoga and then check my email" or "I go to the gym at 6 and then grab my wheatgrass smoothie and have a morning meeting before I check my email..." or my favorite "after a glass of warm lemon water, I check email and return phone calls and then workout from 10-noon"


                          Seriously, if that is what "productivity" looks like to be successful, then I need to slow my roll.

                          I'm up at 0445*, start my water for tea, check homework, hop in the shower, get dressed, make my tea to steep, do a load of dishes, drink my tea, get the kid's clothes laid out and backpacks packed (lunches get made the night before or by dad who gets up at 0415), sweep the floor, make 1st breakfast for the kids, wake the kids up and make sure they feed themselves, brush my teeth and hair, make sure the kids get teeth and hair brushed and get dressed, make my lunch and smoothie, get my shoes and coat, get the kids' shoes and coats on, remind Chickadee where her phone is so she can call me before they lock up and walk to the bus stop, give Sharkbait his meds, take my own meds, start the kids making their beds, and go to work. I leave home at 0610-0615 and I'm in my office by 0630-0645. The kids (at the new school) catch the bus at 0650 and are at school by 0710 (before they would have been at the babysitter at 0600 but not gone to school til 0900). My email and messages are checked and sorted for the importance of how soon I need to attend to their content by 0700. I'm usually in meetings by then, or checking out job sites or evaluating issues that have cropped up. Occasionally, I'm already teaching a class.

                          I can't even begin to imagine how a 10-noon workout is considered remotely productive. And I'm pretty sure all these women have a housekeeper and/or nanny or no kids...I do have a spouse that helps with the kid stuff, but generally, I'm reminding him to do the stuff I'd do so I can do other things that have come up (like finding clean socks or a lucky tshirt or cleaning up a spill).

                          *sometimes I roll out of bed at 0530...usually if I had to get up with Sharkbait who often has bouts of insomnia or if I had an asthma-y night, and cram all of that into 45 minutes instead of 95 minutes.
                          Last edited by thalassa; 13 Jan 2016, 13:05.
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                            #14
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                            Psffff, a 2 hour work out my foot. If I am an a.m. shift which is what I'm doing now I go in at 5 or 7 which means I roll out of bed at 4 or 6. I start my car, I get dressed I make the boys go outside and stand with them and I'm in the car on my way no later the 4:25, or 6:25. If I'm off I get up I take the boys out, I have coffee and or tea and I check emails and check PF, might eat breakfast might not. This is also what I did if I worked nights. My mornings have never been productive its the nights that I do everything.
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                              #15
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                              Depends.

                              If it's a shelter day, I get up at 800, eat breakfast, head to shelter until about 1300.

                              If it's not a shelter day, wake up at the same time, eat breakfast, make schedule for the day.

                              If it's a bad pain day, I pretty much just stay in bed.
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