1. Usually it's my internal alarm clock, but sometimes, it's my cell phone alarm. It's a particularly annoying little techno ditty that chants, "Get UP!" over and over.
2. I meditate, write in my paper journal, and then futz around online until I decide to do something productive, like look for a job, and then go to the gym.
3. I need structure, especially since I'm such a procrastinator. So I allocate certain times for certain tasks. And I'm not allowed to proceed without doing those tasks. I started out small; that is, I added element by element until they became habits.
I need massive structure, and I think that's part of my problem. Since I started working from home, my daily routine is a lot more loosey-goosey, and it makes it really easy for me to futz around. That, and I've been having major allergy issues, so I'm even sleepier than usual.
I want to be that person, too. Your entry reminds me that I still need to take a shower today.
On a good day, though, here's my routine: * Get out of bed immediately when the boy wakes up (he and the cats are my alarm clocks), take him potty * Get him dressed, get myself dressed * Eat breakfast - this is the time when I really wake up. I read the paper and drink coffee while the boy watches cartoons. If I don't get this time, it throws off my whole day. * Drop him off at daycare * Work out at the gym, come home and shower * Go downstairs to work and be productive!
Mornings like this blow my mind. This whole breakfast time with your coffee & paper is completely foreign to me. I mean, I'm the kind of person who, when watching TV, sees these scenes with people all dressed & ready for their day chatting and visiting each other and having breakfast and is totally boggled. How early do you have to be getting up, to be showered, dressed, coifed, and have time to visit with friends over coffee before getting to the office? Are they all up at 6? Have they figured out some 20 minute routine I have yet to discover? Do their jobs not start until noon?
I usually get up 6:30 or 7 and start work at 9:30. On days when I go to have coffee with my friends I skip the gym and shower and start work at 10. I will gladly truncate my lunch time and just sit in front of the computer with a sandwich if it means I have more time to linger over coffee before work.
1. I just get up. I am a morning person. It does help to have CDM in bed, b/c we both awaken when the alarm goes off. I always hit snooze on Wednesday mornings, but on other mornings I get up. I just get up. I dunno. No music. Sometimes no lights on even (CDM still sleeping). I go pee first. Peeing basically means I'm awake. 2. Pee. Get dressed. Brush teeth, wash face, pack bag for school and running. Sometimes if I have done all this quickly, I will check my email for a little bit. Then I leave. It takes me about 20-30 minutes or less to get ready from the time I get out of bed. With a shower, it goes up to 45 minutes. 3. Unfortunately I cannot answer this question. Oh wait! Yes I can. I've always been a morning person, but I became a SUPER morning person when I was training for the marathon. Basically, I think my rhythm changed for the foreseeable future because for a period of about 3 months, I woke up at 5am to go for a run. Ever since then, I really have been able to get up easily in the am.
5 a.m. for a run? Oh. My. See, I'd like to be up by 7 :30 ish, and maybe running/swimming by 8.
I think my problem is that I just don't want to stop sleeping, stop dreaming and get out of bed. I think that there are people that just wake up and go for it when the alarm goes off, and then there's me. I wake up, think about all the crap I have to do, and go back to sleep.
Well, I dunno then! I'm very guilty as charged in terms of being a CHIPPER MORNING PERSON HI LET'S GO GET COFFEE.
ex: last weekend, i ran 8 miles w/ my training group. one woman was complaining a LOT about a lot of things, including the time (7:30a), and it seemed i countered everything she said with '8 miles we can do it clap clap clap!' and 'at least it's not 7am - that's what time we start in the summer!' etc etc. yoinks. i almost got slapped in the mouth by a number of people.
Yeah, see, as much as I wish I could pop out of bed all bright-eyed & rarin' to go like this, it's just not who I am. I wish it were, I think I'd be a lot more productive.
In Anne Frank's diary, she talks about making a deal with herself where she'll get out of bed and breathe some air and make the bed and then if she still wants to get back into it after it's made and she's had some fresh air, she'll get back into bed. This is what I do. And I get back into bed sometimes just to prove that I CAN. But usually I'm up. After you've gotten up, the bed smells funky and is less interesting. Sometimes I use the Anne Frank factor as a motivator ("how grateful would she be to be able to make this choice, you horrible person?"), but often just the logic of it is enough: I'm up, and the bed is made, let's go.
I am a big advocate of naps, though. And of 12 hour days, if you can swing that (3-4 hours sleep, 8-9 hours up). You get a lot done.
Aw, jeez. Well, now, if Anne Frank can get up and breathe and make her bed, who am I to snooze and worry? It's bad enough being lazy, much less a lazy asshole.
This might just do the trick. Hi, guilt works on me. THANKS MOM.
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2. I meditate, write in my paper journal, and then futz around online until I decide to do something productive, like look for a job, and then go to the gym.
3. I need structure, especially since I'm such a procrastinator. So I allocate certain times for certain tasks. And I'm not allowed to proceed without doing those tasks. I started out small; that is, I added element by element until they became habits.
I hope this helps some.
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On a good day, though, here's my routine:
* Get out of bed immediately when the boy wakes up (he and the cats are my alarm clocks), take him potty
* Get him dressed, get myself dressed
* Eat breakfast - this is the time when I really wake up. I read the paper and drink coffee while the boy watches cartoons. If I don't get this time, it throws off my whole day.
* Drop him off at daycare
* Work out at the gym, come home and shower
* Go downstairs to work and be productive!
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2. Pee. Get dressed. Brush teeth, wash face, pack bag for school and running. Sometimes if I have done all this quickly, I will check my email for a little bit. Then I leave. It takes me about 20-30 minutes or less to get ready from the time I get out of bed. With a shower, it goes up to 45 minutes.
3. Unfortunately I cannot answer this question. Oh wait! Yes I can. I've always been a morning person, but I became a SUPER morning person when I was training for the marathon. Basically, I think my rhythm changed for the foreseeable future because for a period of about 3 months, I woke up at 5am to go for a run. Ever since then, I really have been able to get up easily in the am.
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I think my problem is that I just don't want to stop sleeping, stop dreaming and get out of bed. I think that there are people that just wake up and go for it when the alarm goes off, and then there's me. I wake up, think about all the crap I have to do, and go back to sleep.
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ex: last weekend, i ran 8 miles w/ my training group. one woman was complaining a LOT about a lot of things, including the time (7:30a), and it seemed i countered everything she said with '8 miles we can do it clap clap clap!' and 'at least it's not 7am - that's what time we start in the summer!' etc etc. yoinks. i almost got slapped in the mouth by a number of people.
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I am a big advocate of naps, though. And of 12 hour days, if you can swing that (3-4 hours sleep, 8-9 hours up). You get a lot done.
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This might just do the trick. Hi, guilt works on me. THANKS MOM.
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