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Being at home for 15 months forced me to figure out the morning routine that actually helped me, as I tried to enter a mental state where work felt easy.
I did everything from 'roll out of bed and immediately open my laptop' to 'two hours of self care before I even touch my phone' and have settled into something that works okay. For me the essentials are:
- shower
- light exercise
- make a cup of coffee (I froth the milk with a cheap device that, 9 months later, is my favorite pandemic purchase)
- drink coffee sitting in the back yard while the dogs run around
- space out looking at TikTok for half an hour
- sit down at my desk
- realize an hour later that I didn't eat anything
And that's how it goes! What's your morning routine?
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Note: Coffee has to be on a fixed schedule for me, otherwise I drink way too much...
I feel this! I've definitely learned with working from home that it's helpful to still wake up early to have time before getting straight on the computer. I also try to do some combo of exercise / dog walk / breakfast / chill before logging on.
Get up at 6, shower, ride my bike to the bakery, brew some espresso (2-4 cups in the morning) and have a breakfast, take my kids to the kindergarten, sit down to work; I first check my messages, pull repos and install updates if necessary. Then I prepare for the daily standup.
On Saturday, I stand up at the same time, shower and ride my bike to the market 14km from and buy fresh food for the week. When I return between 8-9, we have breakfast.
I sleep in on Sundays until 8, if the kids don't wake me earlier.
Good espresso is important for me. I'm sort of an instant human - just add espresso.
realizing after writing this I should have gotten that sweet sweet Amazon affiliate money for linking to a milk frother... oh well, It's a good milk frother IDK