Morning routines

[brooks_thompson]

What gets you guys out of bed and ready for the day before you have work, school, or someplace else to be? Exercise, breakfast, or just a bunch of caffeine? Are you the early-to-rise or the roll out of bed and go type?

I'm the worst morning person ever. It takes me hours to get going, to the point where I can't stand waking up after the sun has risen anymore. Until I started running 3-4 miles in the morning, it used to be noon or later until my mind could function at normal capacity. There's something comforting about going for run just before the sun pops up.

Then of course there's the standard e-mail/website catchup routine, but after wasting a few minutes on that I try to get my mind going by reading a couple of news articles in Spanish (trying to increase proficiency), before I go and do the normal fix breakfast and tea/coffee routine. After that, it's listen to a new or recent album I've been liking, and then out the door.


This is probably boring to the younger posters, but I'm starting to like having steady habits since I graduated college.

So to extend a little bit I guess, is there a part of your daily routine that you just CAN'T miss or you feel like your day was not complete?

[blacknapalm]

hmm...

- i can get going pretty fast, but i still need tea/coffee in the morning. i usually do tea, splash of creamer, 2 fake sugars.
- while the kettle is boiling, i'll check up on my cat. i'll usually feed her. if the bird bath is super dirty, i'll spray it out and reload it. i just do those two things cuz i hate doing nothing while the kettle is boiling
- unload dishwasher if it needs it
- then the internet while i drink tea. check email, youtube, music sites, sports sites, torrent sites...this usually takes 25-50 minutes. part leisure, yep. some days i'll have a bowl of cereal. usually i'll just wait for lunch. :/
- go to work or do something else constructive

this changes depending on the day (sundays i'll clean the bathroom while listening to music). good topic, i like having a schedule but you gotta change it up here and there so you don't get bored.

[AJ2k8]

Usually get up and boil the kettle, get changed while it's boiling then make my coffee and check my sites while drinking my coffee til i have to go. Pretty simple but has become routine over a few years now...

[plowking]

How do you people live without a meal for breakfast?

[PowerGlove]

How do you people live without a meal for breakfast?
Bad habits. I used to do it, but not anymore.

[JtotheIzzo]

I wake up, put a bunch of fruit and veg in the Vitamix:

http://www.formerfatguy.com/sunrider-foods/blog/vitamix-blender.jpg


then I drink it, afterwards I dump and shower, then I eat granola with a bit of yogurt:

http://media.onsugar.com/files/ons2/290/2903411/46_2009/50e3f54577827f57_tn_IMG_9784.preview.JPG

[BRabbiT]

corn flakes, tea, shave

[Shep]

i wake up in the morning feeling like p diddy..

- alarm is set for 12 minutes before i need to get up to snooze
- piss
- protein shake, with green tea and multivitamin
- brush teeth
- change into work clothes
- leave for work (35 minutes since i got up)

[plowking]

Bad habits. I used to do it, but not anymore.

I need at least 4-5 eggs and some strips of bacon or my day feels like shit.

[PowerGlove]

I need at least 4-5 eggs and some strips of bacon or my day feels like shit.
:cheers:

[YouGotServed]

The first thing I do when I wake up is brush my teeth.
Then I eat breakfast, take a shower, brush my teeth again.....that's about it.



I need at least 4-5 eggs and some strips of bacon or my day feels like shit.

Eggs everyday is bad for you.

[bballer]

I get up, make some coffee, read my book, take a shower, go to school.

[plowking]

Eggs everyday is bad for you.

Why is that?

[bballer]

i wake up in the morning feeling like p diddy..

- alarm is set for 12 minutes before i need to get up to snooze
- piss
- protein shake, with green tea and multivitamin
- brush teeth
- change into work clothes
- leave for work (35 minutes since i got up)
shower?????

[Rake2204]

Why is that?
Perhaps he is referring to the cholesterol?

In the morning I:
-Wake up to horrible sounding alarm
-Cook breakfast (alternate days between giant pancake and scrambled eggs - mostly egg whites - and french toast)
-Watch Saved by the Bell while I eat
-Floss
-Brush Teeth
-Shave
-Put head under faucet to mat down hair
-Dress
-Place gum, phone, ipod, and pen in pocket
-Pack Lunch of apple, yogurt and bagel with cream cheese
-Put on shoes
-Enter '99 Taurus (forest green)
-Ponder replacing Clean Cotton air freshner with Beach Walk
-Connect ipod to tape cassette adaptor
-Drive to work

The only variable that's really changed over time is the morning TV. It used to be Sportscenter every morning since '92. However, last year I switched over to basic cable (i.e. local channels, two evangelical networks, three CSPANs, TBS and a grainy CMT) so my morning choices are a little more limited than they used to be. I settle for reciting every line from whatever Saved by the Bell episode I'm watching for the 51st or 52nd time.

Also, so everyone can rest easy, I thought I should note that I shower the night before. Nothing really happens to me overnight to warrant showering again come morning.

[Lakerlove420]

I start work at 5am! pretty much have gotten used to waking up really early though. Been at this job for 3 years now.

alarm at 4:01 then snooze either 2 or 3 times (normally 2)
so 4:20 out of bed and straight to the shower. (maybe to the fridge first to swig apple or orange juice)
No tv, no breakfast, just getting ready and then out the door at 4:50
(the whole process takes 30 mins)
I used to have a cigarette right away and then 1 on the way to work but I quit 209 days ago (7months!!)
I couldn't imagine my morning routine without smoking a cigarette but now it is a reality and I don't even think about it anymore.

usually don't even eat anything until 9am when the roach coach lunch truck comes outside of my work. (normally asada tacos, bean/cheese/rice burrito, or a chili-dog at 9am) (already been up for 5 hours, it is my lunch)

[BRabbiT]

I start work at 5am! pretty much have gotten used to waking up really early though. Been at this job for 3 years now.

alarm at 4:01 then snooze either 2 or 3 times (normally 2)
so 4:20 out of bed and straight to the shower. (maybe to the fridge first to swig apple or orange juice)
No tv, no breakfast, just getting ready and then out the door at 4:50
(the whole process takes 30 mins)
I used to have a cigarette right away and then 1 on the way to work but I quit 209 days ago (7months!!)
I couldn't imagine my morning routine without smoking a cigarette but now it is a reality and I don't even think about it anymore.

usually don't even eat anything until 9am when the roach coach lunch truck comes outside of my work. (normally asada tacos, bean/cheese/rice burrito, or a chili-dog at 9am) (already been up for 5 hours, it is my lunch)



it's not good to skip meals.

[rufuspaul]

Up at 5:30.
Make coffee, shower, shave, brush, floss, get dressed.
Chill for a while, read the paper.
Drink travel mug of coffee on the way to work.
At work by 7:00. I don't see my first patient until 8:00 so I use this time to eat breakfast (oatmeal or yogurt with some fruit), take pills (baby aspirin and multivitamin), catch up on paper work, check email, ISH, pay bills, etc.

[SayTownRy]

7:08 - alarm goes off, lisle and hahn morning show
- either i get up or sleep 7 more minutes
7:08 or 7:15 - shower
7:24 - deodorant
7:25 - shave / sideburn trim up
7:32 - floss / brush teeth
7:36 - clothes / buff shoes a little
7:42 - hair
7:45 - leave for work
8:01 - arrive at work, tie tie, check emails/sites, regret going out the night before.

[Jailblazers7]

Roll out of bed, take a quick shower, out the door.

Summer is different tho. I'll wake up get some fruit and a coffee then read for a bit. Then workout and shower.

[rufuspaul]

regret going out the night before.

:oldlol: I hear ya.

[InspiredLebowski]

Up at 6
shower, shave, brush, floss
watch the channel 8 morning news, fap to Grace Trahan if she's wearing the right shirt, if not check some RSS feeds
eat some Wheaties with a cup of coffee while I'm watching/checking the news
3 shots of Jack Daniels, to take the edge off

maybe a 45 minutes process

[MK2V1GP]

I like to give myself at least an hour and a half of time from when i wake up til i have to leave for work.

I roll out of bed, hop in the shower, head to the couch and watch Mike & Mike while eating breakfast. Take my dog out for a little walk. Watch some more Mike & Mike. Then when it's about 15 mins before I have to leave, I get dressed and brush teeth, deodorant, etc.



When I was in high school, I'd wake up 30 minutes before I had to leave. I'd just rush through everything. But now I like being able to chill in the morning and take my time, even if it means waking up at 5:30

[hayden695]

7:00-Roll out of bed unwillingly.

7:10 Wake up from floor unwillingly.

7:15 Brush teeth.

7:20 Make a breakfast of finest Toasts and Peanut Butter. And milk. Aswell as fixing a coffee.

7:30 Hop in truck and off to work.

I usually shower after work cuz I get filthy. And I prefer to shave then, but I go a couple days before that happens.


5:30 Get back to farm and do my chores, until supper.

7:30 Eat supper. I prefer to eat later, And I get to bed pretty late so no problem.

Depending on the time of year my chores may go way later. After 7:30 it is either watch basketball, work on car or truck, or ISH it up.

I get out the door very quick in the mornings but I feel like shit usually.

[Kumo]

Read other peoples morning routines

...Go to school.

[HylianNightmare]

wake up
drink a boost
brush teeth
piss
get dressed
go

takes about 15 minutes

[gotbacon23]

i don't have to set an alarm cause my dog always wakes up before i would set it for anyway so its:

6:30-7ish: wake up
7-7:30: take the dog for a walk
7:30-7:45: feed the dog and eat breakfast, usually something like oatmeal
7:45-8: go online, check email and shith
8-8:15: shower, brush teeth, shave
8:30: leave for work
8:35: arrive at work (i live really really close to our office...)

[YouGotServed]

Why is that?


Perhaps he is referring to the cholesterol?


Exactly. 4-5 eggs a day is a little bit too much.

[plowking]

Exactly. 4-5 eggs a day is a little bit too much.

I go for a run, or to the gym everyday. So I don't think it would be that big a problem.

My blood pressure and cholesterol have been fine whenever I get checked out at the doc.

[enayes]

I go for a run, or to the gym everyday. So I don't think it would be that big a problem.

My blood pressure and cholesterol have been fine whenever I get checked out at the doc.

It's more of a problem as you get older. I mainly eat egg whites now, there pure protein no cholesterol or fat. I enjoy them.
http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/07/87/42/11/0007874211815_215X215.jpg

Then I have a thick fruit smoothie, which I eat with a spoon. It feels great to get that vita C boost in the morning.

http://photograzing.seriouseats.com/assets_c/2009/09/super-thick-all-fruit-smoothie_904b1b5d0fb9324d0d97e27e270d343d-thumb-245x245-23150.jpg

[Rake2204]

It's more of a problem as you get older. I mainly eat egg whites now, there pure protein no cholesterol or fat. I enjoy them.
I love eggs and I came about the cholesterol revelation during a health class I took in college. The teacher suggested using just one egg yolk and the rest egg whites. I don't know why she suggested using just one (why any at all?) but for some reason that's what I've done ever since. One full egg a day, four whites.

[mlh1981]

Wake up at 6:30, peform the three "s" activities, get caffenated up, usually eat toast/eggs/piece of fruit, converse with my family, check email/ish, etc and go.

Sometimes, I hate the routine, but I have spent good portions of life without one, and that gets old real quick. I like having a sense of purpose as opposed to being aimless.

[MeloMike]

Work days (Mon-Thurs)
- Wake up 4 AM
- Piss/shit/wash up/shave (no time to shower, gonna get dusty and filthy at work regardless)
- Dress
- Brush teeth
- Let dog out
- Put dog back
- Comb hair
- Drive to work
- Make toast at work
- Work (5-3), get home shower, relax, repeat.

Weekends (Fri-Sun)
- Wake up 9AM-11AM range
- Let dog out
- Shower/shave
- Dress
- Eat
- Brush teeth
- Do whatever I had planned (or do nothing at all)

[LA_Showtime]

"Damn, why did I go to bed so late last night?"

"Damn, I drank too much."

[enayes]

I love eggs and I came about the cholesterol revelation during a health class I took in college. The teacher suggested using just one egg yolk and the rest egg whites. I don't know why she suggested using just one (why any at all?) but for some reason that's what I've done ever since. One full egg a day, four whites.


A good portion of the protein is in the yolk, + a lot of nutrients. I was doing the one yolk thing for awhile, but just eat the whites now.

[enayes]

Work days (Mon-Thurs)
- Wake up 4 AM
- Piss/shit/wash up/shave (no time to shower, gonna get dusty and filthy at work regardless)
- Dress
- Brush teeth
- Let dog out
- Put dog back
- Comb hair
- Drive to work
- Make toast at work
- Work (5-3), get home shower, relax, repeat.

Weekends (Fri-Sun)
- Wake up 9AM-11AM range
- Let dog out
- Shower/shave
- Dress
- Eat
- Brush teeth
- Do whatever I had planned (or do nothing at all)

What do you do?

[bada bing]

Exactly. 4-5 eggs a day is a little bit too much.

are you thinking biotin deficiency?

[bada bing]

Up at 5:30.
Make coffee, shower, shave, brush, floss, get dressed.
Chill for a while, read the paper.
Drink travel mug of coffee on the way to work.
At work by 7:00. I don't see my first patient until 8:00 so I use this time to eat breakfast (oatmeal or yogurt with some fruit), take pills (baby aspirin and multivitamin), catch up on paper work, check email, ISH, pay bills, etc.

what do you do for a living?

[enayes]

what do you do for a living?

He's a dentist.

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

feed cat

[TylerOO]

Beat my dick

[GimmeThat]

Thread does not involve living life quarter mile at a time.

Thread NOT approved.

[DukeDelonte13]

sh*t

shower

put coffee on with towel on

get dressed.

take dog outside

feed dog and cat

take dog inside

poor my coffee into mug

kiss wife goodbye

go to office

check email + messages

go to first appointment while returning calls.

[ArbitraryWater]

7.00: Wake up
-Get my shit together, taking a piss, putting my clothes on
7.15: Out of the house

Very efficient.

[BigNBAfan]

Wake up to my favorite song @6:15
Relax for 10 seconds and come to an equilibrium before getting up
Go upstairs, turn the shower on and put toothpaste on my brush, throw off my bottom sit on the porceline and take off my shirt. 4 minutes later the waters warm enough so i clean up pick up the toothbrush and walk in. I start brushing while soaking myself. Once i finish brushing i lean over and put my brush away in my caddy and lather my hair with shampoo and i walk away from the water flow. I start to lather soap all over my body while the shampoo does its thing. then i rinse everything and repeat both hair and body wash. Then i dry off in the shower and step out and lotion up. Put on deodorant and cologne then my clothes and then a bit more cologne and do my hair.

6:45ishI then go downstairs put some bread in the toaster and boil some water in the kettle as i put socks on and tie my shoes. I have some tea and bread with butter in the morning and put on my headphones to some soft rock and start my walk to the tram. 7ish

7:45 i get to work and look at my schedule and prepare.

[Velocirap31]

Weekdays

Wake up at 8:02 am.
Shower, get dressed until 8:14
Leave house at 8:20
At work before 8:30, eat breakfast at work

This morning I made pancakes at work, very laid back office.

My alarm actually goes off at 7:50 am, but I always snooze it once which is a 12 minute snooze. Then it goes off again at 8:14 am letting me know to get moving.

[LEFT4DEAD]

1. waking up between dawn and sunrise
2. perform ablution
3. pray to Allah
4. check the nba results from last night if I was not able to watch it
5. eat a breakfast
6. go to work or sleep for another hour or two if its a non working day

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

1. waking up between dawn and sunrise
2. perform ablution
3. pray to Allah
4. check the nba results from last night if I was not able to watch it
5. eat a breakfast
6. go to work or sleep for another hour or two if its a non working day

Best part is the first inhale of fresh air while doing qalb. Man, it's like every day's a fresh start.

And then it is said that during sujud a fresh batch of blood heads straight to the brains, nourishing all the glands.

[LEFT4DEAD]

Best part is the first inhale of fresh air while doing qalb. Man, it's like every day's a fresh start.

And then it is said that during sujud a fresh batch of blood heads straight to the brains, nourishing all the glands.
By doing prayer five times a day, with each prayer having several prostrations in it, a person will undoubtedly feel more peace, happiness, and relaxation. This type of approach does not cost money and does not have any side effects. It is very natural. This is the best method for allowing a person to continue to live in peace, harmony, obedience, and happiness for the rest of his/her life.

How great is our God!!! :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[ArbitraryWater]

Roll out of bed, take a quick shower, out the door.

Summer is different tho. I'll wake up get some fruit and a coffee then read for a bit. Then workout and shower.

This is not on a work day though, is it?

[Jailblazers7]

This is not on a work day though, is it?

That was 2010 when I was in college lol.

Now my schedule usually goes:

Wake up at 6:30
Shower/Brush Teeth
Read a couple articles to get a morning update
Catch a bus (catch up on emails during the ride)
Grab a coffee and breakfast (either bagel or grits w/ a fried egg)
Get to the office by 8:30

[irondarts]

7:00 - wake up
7:00-7:15 - Shower
7:15-7:45 - make my oatmeal and coffee, eat a banana and take my vitamins while waiting for coffee. Browse the internet and check work email while eating.
7:45-8:15 - brush teeth, make bed, get dressed for work, do my dishes
8:15 - Pack my panniers for my bike, get on my bike and ride to work.

[JohnFreeman]

Wake up
Sit on bed for 10 minutes contemplating life
shower
eat
brush teeth
leave

[TheMarkMadsen]

Bunch of damn liars in this thread.

Wake up

J off that morning wood

Browse ISH

Shit

Shower

do my hair

Teeth

Clothes

Glass of milk

College

[D-FENS]

- Set alarm for 5:30am
(Have emergency alarms for 5:35, 5:40, 5:45)
- Morning dump
- Drink large glass of water with organic squeezed lemon
- 5km run, no matter the weather
- Make organic smoothie consisting of spinach or kale, carrot juice, blueberries, strawberries, banana, kiwi, udos oil, vanilla protein powder
- Drink smoothie and cool off from run, read some news
- sh-sh-sh
- Brush teeth
- Get dressed
- Play with baby
- Pack lunch
- Grab a few CDs
- Drive to work, try to get in at 8:30am, but sometimes this can be more like 9:30am - depends on what's going on at home and whether I go to the gym/swim

[TylerOO]

Wake up
Sit on bed for 10 minutes contemplating life
shower
eat
brush teeth
leave

:oldlol:

[bigkingsfan]

Wake up
Go back to sleep

[Dave3]

20 minutes before work starts (different depending on day) - stumble out of bed
wash face and brush teeth (I'm an evening showerer)
Begin my 7-8 minute commute to work
Start the day off slowly, try to get some studying in between seeing patients
Have coffee around lunch time at which point the rest of the day flies by

You guys have some awesome morning routines (assuming they're true lol). I've always had trouble getting out of bed, no matter how much sleep I get.

[Hit_Em]

I have a morning ritual that I need to share. I call it "the terminator". First I crouch down in the shower in the classic "naked terminator traveling through time" pose. With my eyes closed I crouch there for a minute, visualizing either Arnold or the guy from the second movie (not the chick in the third one because that one sucked) and I start to hum the terminator theme. Then I slowly rise to a standing position and open my eyes. It helps me to proceed through my day as an emotionless, cyborg badass. The only problem is if the shower curtain sticks to my terminator leg. It ruins the fantasy.

[iamgine]

There is no routine. Each morning it's a series of choices that determines where this meaningless body's future. Every minute details matter. Whether I jump straight up or decided to watch the dust illuminated by the sunlight near my window for an hour before deciding to sleep in matters. So many choices in between that will take an infinite amount of alternate worlds to complete. There is another me in another dimensionally altered universe that is successful and ecstatic to wake up. Good for that me. Alas there is no joy for this me most mornings. Could be worse, could be broke and waking up in a dump somewhere, maggots eating at my naked self. Suppose I should be grateful for that, but then I'd be mocking yet another version of me occupying another time and space...somewhere. Who cares, why not, perhaps even I am mocked by myself. Back to the topic at hand, what is the most optimal morning for you? I find myself enjoying mornings at the farm. Greeted by the sun and breathing that fresh clean air. Sounds of animals and children playing from a distance, perhaps train whistle too. The owner was kind, bringing our breakfast to the room. It was toast and egg with sausage and a glass of milk that was in another creature just ten minutes earlier. Big tip are on his way. What an ideal morning. But why can't every morning be that way? I love mornings at the farm but the life there afterwards I did not enjoy. The opposite is truer living in the metro. If I can wake up at the farm whilst not staying for the rest of the day, now that would be something. What a hassle though. Our transport hasn't evolve in such a way that would make that practical. I long for the day I can, along with living an immortal life. Enjoying both mornings and the rest equally for as long as I chose. Hopefully the things that makes mornings great hasn't extinct by then. Maybe they will have the technology to bring it back artificially. But that wouldn't be the same, no...it would be if we believe it. See it's all just firing of neurons in the brain. We can trick ourselves to attain something real. Us with the breain of someone else would be someone else who becomes us. Even writing this, I feel such a rush. On one hand writing this and not submitting it, denying the world of genius tolodire material would be satisfying in an ironic way. But I can't, I'm not about that. Sharing is caring and we all can use a little more care, even from wordy strangers whose life is unlike ours.

[DonD13]

my morning routine is based on the principle of the three C's:

coffee, coffee and coffee

[ArbitraryWater]

That was 2010 when I was in college lol.

Now my schedule usually goes:

Wake up at 6:30
Shower/Brush Teeth
Read a couple articles to get a morning update
Catch a bus (catch up on emails during the ride)
Grab a coffee and breakfast (either bagel or grits w/ a fried egg)
Get to the office by 8:30

:cheers:


- Set alarm for 5:30am
(Have emergency alarms for 5:35, 5:40, 5:45)
- Morning dump
- Drink large glass of water with organic squeezed lemon
- 5km run, no matter the weather
- Make organic smoothie consisting of spinach or kale, carrot juice, blueberries, strawberries, banana, kiwi, udos oil, vanilla protein powder
- Drink smoothie and cool off from run, read some news
- sh-sh-sh
- Brush teeth
- Get dressed
- Play with baby
- Pack lunch
- Grab a few CDs
- Drive to work, try to get in at 8:30am, but sometimes this can be more like 9:30am - depends on what's going on at home and whether I go to the gym/swim

J$ approves

[Dresta]

Don't have a regular work schedule so i usually stay in bed, check and reply to my emails, drink a pot of coffee, take a dump and post on here until i'm properly awake, aye. Never been a good morning person really, and had insomnia troubles for ages simply because my head never seems ready to shut itself off (think my body clock is longer than the day, always get a second wind of energy like 14-15 hours after waking up).

[aj1987]

7.00: Wake up
-Get my shit together, taking a piss, putting my clothes on
7.15: Logon to ISH

Very efficient.
FTFY.

Wake up at 8 am. Check phone and scores (if I miss games). Brush, eat breakfast, laze around for a bit, shower, and off to work.

[jongib369]

Well I usually wake up with a crying scream, have some coffee, make some oatmeal with a large spoonful of whey protein and peanut butter. Then I usually pace around the house for about an hour, while practice debating with my cats that Wilts GOAT

If whether permits I go for a walk, possibly to the pond not far from me and appreciate how beautiful life is

:cheers:

[BigNBAfan]

Well I usually wake up with a crying scream, have some coffee, make some oatmeal with a large spoonful of whey protein and peanut butter. Then I usually pace around the house for about an hour, while practice debating with my cats that Wilts GOAT

If whether permits I go for a walk, possibly to the pond not far from me and appreciate how beautiful life is

:cheers:

Where do you fit in the 8hrs of researching google news for wilt articles?

[aj1987]

Where do you fit in the 8hrs of researching google news for wilt articles?
That's Lazeruss.

[BigNBAfan]

That's Lazeruss.

:confusedshrug:

these two are the same in my books

[Budadiiii]

I wake up in the morning take a piss and wash my hands, take a knee and thank the man, then get back to the money.

[LongLiveTheKing]

Wake up
Check social media
Stay in bed for 15-30 mins
Change
Piss
Brush teeth
Go to class
Eat breakfast

[Budadiiii]

Wake up
Check social media
Stay in bed for 15-30 mins
Change
Piss
Shit
Vomit
Suck fathers dick
Brush teeth
Go to class
Eat breakfast
Shit in moms bathroom
:biggums:

[SourSamCassell]

:biggums:
Ha ha! Got him

A hilarious edit stitch-up Budadiiii!

[jongib369]

Where do you fit in the 8hrs of researching google news for wilt articles?
Usually when I walk to the gym, between sets, then the walk home. If I can manage, during my evening shit too