What is your morning routine?

smashv2 · 2014-06-22T19:27:47+00:00

In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now.

GirvoGiovanni · 2014-06-22T16:52:26+00:00

Some of you guys are fucking machines in the morning.

5am - alarm goes off

0500-0510 pure hatred of the morning seeps out

0510 - shamble to kitchen. No light, eyes too full of hate. Somehow get coffee beans from freezer, put pot on

0515 - shamble to bathroom. Piss. Shave with easy electric razor. Grumble. Brush teeth

0520 - drink sweet nectar of the gods

0525 - get clothes on

0530 - finish pot of sweet nectar

0535 - throw pre prepared food in bag. Grab helmet and jacket, ride to work.

0600 - growl at coworkers

0640 - morning checks finished at work, eat brekky with more coffee

Maaahoney · 2014-06-22T12:46:54+00:00

Make my bed. Meditate 20 minutes. Eat a hard boiled egg and protein shake. Tell myself I love myself in the mirror, and that I will be productive today. Keep my head up and remember body posture, it will help throughout the day if you set the tone early morning. If I have time, I take a 20 to 30 minute walk in the morning, saying "hi" to everyone I walk past. This is good opportunity to practice staying present... listen to the world around me (birds, traffic, weather) and stay out of my head.

I love to keep lists. I check off meditation (victory #1 each day) and move on to the next item. My lists are often 3 to 5 days in advance. I track my workout routine, weights, number of sets and rep number, too.

This has been my routine for almost 1 year now. My life turned around for the better about 3 years ago, but this last year I believe this routine has really helped make my default state happy. Many of my issues in the past were due to worrying about things out of my control and living in my head, and lots of substance addiction. Setting the tone for the day by staying present in the morning gives me a lot of self control.

how_to_hack · 2014-06-22T17:51:24+00:00

800 wake up,weigh myself, shit, put on work out clothes, chug 16 fluid ounces, begin preplanned chore that is designed to take 15 minutes.

820 finish chore, prepare blender with green smoothie with only vegetables and flax seed. Pack my preprepared lunch and dinner in my back pack, and wash yesterdays containers

830 begin workout (gym is at my house to save time).

915 finish workout, immediately run blender for one minute. Cool down stretch while drinking breakfast.

940 shave, shower, dress for work that is 2000 feet from my front door

958 leave for work

10 arrive at work

Get home from work by around five, and there is a solid seven hours of time to get shit done.

chill_geddy · 2014-06-22T16:03:09+00:00

Great question: wake up wash some cold water over my face take thyroid meds/3,omega 3 fish oil caps with some water write for about an hour (which I find to be a great form of meditation in itself) go down to my basement block out as much light as I can throw on some deep house music and jump rope for 20-40 minutes when finished I stop and lay down in the darkness for 5 or 6 minutes go back up to the kitchen turn on the tea kettle take a cold shower for about 10 minutes hop out lights some incenses prepare a power breakfast wash it down with some green tea usually 2 of 3 cups. Now chill_geddy is ready to face the world and whatever it may throw my way when I do this I feel like I can fuck the world slowly and thoroughly

Ayrasaurus · 2014-06-22T16:10:56+00:00

5:30 - Wake up, wash face, read (Usually non fiction in the mornings and fiction in the evenings)

6:15 - Tidy room, make my daily plan

6:25 - Language practice

7:00 - Shower, get ready

7:30 - Breakfast (6 Eggs, 2 glasses of water, 2 green teas, cod liver oil + vitamins and zinc)

8:00 Day begins whether it's school or work I'm set for the day and in fairly good shape to get going.

NYJets7 · 2014-06-22T21:13:15+00:00

I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial masque which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.

a_p0ptart · 2014-06-22T15:49:18+00:00

0530 - Wake up and hear girl drone on about how awesome I am.

0545 - Get girl to leave.

0600 - Make michelin-star caliber breakfast while analyzing stock trends and make mental list of investment re-allocations.

0602 - Bench press all the weights. Meditate about it.

0615 - Get ready for work by shaving with a bowie knife and washing with saffron-infused lye soap I make every night before bed.

0630 - Put on jet black helmet and look at myself in the mirror. Get turned on a little.

0635 - Start up super-rare motorcycle and cruise to work, being careful not to attract too many women.

0700 - Begin working and impressing coworkers so much that they are too intimidated to even socialize with me.

LastRevision · 2014-06-23T07:10:12+00:00

This thread is making me feel like absolute shit for being awake at 3am.

Thank you. I needed that.

Hughtub · 2014-06-22T18:03:24+00:00

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AskmeIfIamFapping · 2014-06-22T16:40:48+00:00

I m currently in a different country and away from home working in unfamiliar conditions so it was hard for me to get settled in but eventually i did. Building a routine does wonders!

Current Plan - Summer edition

06:00 - Wake up. Dot at 6. or max 6:10

06:00-07:00 - Shit, check emails, answer calls and plan for the day

07:00 - Lift.

08:00 - Get back home. liquid nutrition and Shower

09:00- Start commute to lab

09:30 - Start Working

01:00-02:00 - Lunch break

02:00-05:00 - in lab

Depending on workload and intellectual simulation, I either go to the nearest starbucks and work some more or I take time off and have fun

Have fun includes:

make new friends
hang out with my plate
DJ practice session
Meet with new acquaintances and continue building rapport.
Sightseeing

22:00-23:00: Bedtime

Despite being in an unfamiliar terrain and living a bootstrapped existence, I have managed to contribute constructively to my research, stick to my cutting schedule(this was hard as I don't have access to a kitchen), spin a plate and pick on a new hobby(water rafting!).

Geocan001 · 2014-06-22T13:29:56+00:00

Because I live life around a rotating work roster (day/night shifts) it varies. I have three distinct routines:

Day Shift:

Wake up at roughly 5:30am. Morning shower, shave, etc. Breakfast and coffee for half an hour with no sound in the house. I might even pull out a book and have a read, or review a psych article. My bus arrives at 0630 about a ten minute walk from home, so I treat this as my morning walk.

Night Shift: (I'm using "morning" as a fluid term to mean "when you wake up", here.)

Wake up around 3pm. Dress and walk to the gym to hit the weights. Walk back home and shower, dress for work. Housemate might be about, so it's generally more sociable while eating my dinner. Throw down half an hour of practise on the guitar, make sure my bag is packed and leave for the bus.

NOTE: in both cases, the busses are really inconvenient on the weekends, so instead I ride the motorbike into the city. It's about the only change to the routine, though.

Day off:

Generally wake up whenever I feel like it, get dressed and hit the gym while contacting friends to see who's free. I usually have something light like a banana or a Greek yogurt on the way in, then on the walk back I'll have a protein shake.

I have only recently swallod The Pill myself, so I'm adjusting things in my life to suit a bit more. I'm going to incorporate meditation and stretching in my gym time on days when the gym isn't part of my schedule, especially since I'm about to start a new program which has a day on/ day off cycle.

rockumsockumrobots · 2014-06-23T05:21:56+00:00

I work grave so it's a little ass backwards for me, but This is usually my routine.

2230 - woken up to my favorite song by In Living Color, it's my entrance song into my daily wrestle with the world (which is more like a performance).

2300 - out of the shower, shave, deodorant crystal (pure sodium chloride). Already preparing, in my mind, what music I'm going to listen to on my way to work. Decide the outfit for the day (standard men's express cotton photographer pants, with fitted shirt) must be a shirt I haven't worn in 2 days and compliment the pants (e.g. dark pants, dark blue shirt, or light pants, light grey shirt.)

2330 - in the car, pair my bluetooth to the stereo and listen to the spotify que I've prepared.

2400 - work through daily routine. Get 1:1 coffee, whole milk or ice water and black coffee (to keep me alert).

0200 - grab some dinner.

0830 - home from work, put on my exercise clothes, pair my bluetooth headphones and play some music to get me motivated.

0900 - breakfast, shower, videogames, check my market positions.

Is it wrong I enjoy my work days just as much as my weekends? It feels like there's more to do in the garbage area I live in when I'm working. Now summer is here so there's the beach, but otherwise it's pretty boring when I'm not doing my daily routine.

Agendist · 2014-06-22T13:23:56+00:00

Drink water
Quick warmup exercises
Exercises for spine and back in general
Exercises for eyesight
duolingo.com exercises for foreign language
lumosity.com exercises for memory attention etc
1 brain teaser
Quickly read national and world news
Breakfast

Takes about 40 min.

Anderfail · 2014-06-22T16:01:38+00:00

4:30 alarm goes off

4:45 get out of bed after reading for a bit to wake up

4:45 piss and then shower

5:00 brush teeth, shave with razor, put product in hair to style it

5:15 get dressed for work

5:20 put coffee on and grab protein bar and fruit

5:25 make coffee for my wife and I since she wakes up later and doesn't have to leave so goddamn early

5:30 leave for work

6:15 arrive at work

I have no idea how some of you have time to workout or do anything else other than get ready in the morning. Getting up at 4:30 is brutal at times.

The_Motivated_Man · 2014-06-22T16:11:12+00:00

6:00am - Alarm

6:15am - actually get up

wash my face
urinate
strip and weigh in for the day
throw on cardio gear
take morning supplement stack

6:35am - HIIT session

7:00am - Breakfast (3 whole eggs and 188g Banana)

eat and browse Reddit

7:30am - Shower and shave

7:50am - grab meals for the day and head to work.

soskk · 2014-06-22T22:08:02+00:00

Brush teeth, wash face, check gains, respond to messages, walk to gym, go beast, walk home feeling like a gawd, have a protein shake, shower, and start the day.

2comment · 2014-06-23T01:52:28+00:00

get out hammock 0530

15-20 minutes bodyweight exercises (type depending on day)

shower

cold oatmeal with protein and piece fruit

out the door

pralinematchbox · 2014-06-23T02:49:53+00:00

Alarm set at 4:45am, actually get out of bed at 6:23am, following 3 or 4 consecutive alarms in those two hours. A slow wake up basically. I get up, brush, clean ears, piss, at 6:39am shower done by 7am put on contacts, put on clothes, done by 7:15am put on socks, grab something quick to eat, if time available make your own lunch, then say some prayers before I leave at about 7:21am, put on shoes and leave at 7:26am then I go wait for my bus. This is only when school is on. I'm finished grade 12 in 2 days. Only two days off this routine and I'm never on it again.

2014-06-22T13:34:08+00:00

7:40 - Wake

7:42 - Take piss, scratch balls

7:45 - Brush teeth, wash face

7:50 - Get dressed

7:55 - Find helmet, make protein shake, pack backpack.

8:10 - Fire up bike, begin commute

8:20 - Cup of tea

8:30 - Log in

2014-06-22T14:58:19+00:00

06:00 - wake up
06:00-06:15 stretch and take a dump
06:15 to 06:45 (ish) - go running
after that it's pretty much protein shake, apple, shower and leave for work at 07:30.

raceAround126 · 2014-06-22T15:10:31+00:00

Work day:

0530: Wake up. Wash face, get running gear on
0540: Go for a jog around the neighborhood
0630: Shower, cup of green tea
0700: Practice guitar scales, get warmed up
0800: Dress and commute to work

Non work day:

0600: Wake up, wash face, revise previous night's studying with a coffee and bowl of oats with a banana
0700: Gym
1000: Back to either studying if I have a deadline, or guitar stuff.
I'll also have another jog sometime in the evening, but take it easier.

2014-06-22T15:59:23+00:00

Go to sleep early

Wakeup early

Browse reddit, get caught up on current events

Shower and meditate.

Clean my room while schedualing and preparing for the day.

Get on with the rest of my day.

T4-FLow · 2014-06-22T17:11:02+00:00

10 am- Wake up out of bed, eat breakfast brush my teeth etc, prepare backpack for gym. 11 - Hit the gym 12.30/13- Go home and eat lunch.

avoutour · 2014-06-22T18:13:26+00:00

Changing soon but

6:00a Wake up, drink 6oz Egg Whites as soon as possible; throw lunch in cooler (already prepped on Sunday)

6:20a Shave (I have to be clean shaven for work)

6:30a Purge the dark demons from my intestine/read email/start the tinder game for the day

6:45a jam to something, make protein shake for ride to work; quick boot polish if needed

6:55a Rollout

EDIT: Spelling

iluminatiNYC · 2014-06-22T20:51:25+00:00

Wake up at 5 and workout. Go, eat oatmeal with peanut butter, honey and 1 percent milk. Shower, then wake up my daughter. Feed her breakfast, read emails, plot out my day. Get our clothes ready, wash my daughter, get both of us dressed then out the door I go.

2014-06-22T21:28:27+00:00

Every single day is different for me, but my 'routine' is to get water, drink a pint or so, brush teeth, prepare food (usually eggs), drink my whey, take my multivitamins and fish oil, go for a walk, then read.

pleasedontknowme30 · 2014-06-23T00:34:52+00:00

Get out of bed 7:30. Shower if I didnt the night before. Hair, deodorant, cologne..pack my lunch, pack my preworkout for my noon lifting session, paxk my 50g protein powder for post lifting. Leave for work 8:30. Keep it simple :)

Ferelden · 2014-06-23T00:36:47+00:00

5:15am-wake up and take dog outside for a walk

5:50am-shit shower shave

6:05am-coffee and breakfast

6:15am-get dressed and kill time

6:30am-leave for work

2014-06-23T03:34:38+00:00

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Night--Writer · 2014-06-23T04:43:55+00:00

5am - Alarm goes off, hit snooze 510am - I get a call that's work related, I'm up now. 515am - In the shower and snooze alarm goes off, fuck. 525am - get out of the shower 545-6am - Arrive at work and proceed to get underpaid for high stress work. fml.

Panzer_Geist · 2014-06-23T06:51:54+00:00

Weekdays:

05.00
alarm goes of - no bitching just get up and seize the day. I've always been a morning person. For breakfast I either eat yesterday's leftover food or make an omelet with frozen veggies and some oatmeal.

By 06.00 be at the gym

08.00 finish workout

09.00 Show up at campus for either class or work depending on what day it is.

Weekends
Get up around 7-8am, have a light breakfast and go for either a swim or surfing depending on what the waves are like.

Tarn_Delus · 2014-06-23T08:38:25+00:00

06:00 - Get up, half hour morning cardio

06:30 - breakfast of oats, protein powder, cashews, milk and coffee

06:45 - shower, shaving, ..

07:15 - drive to work

Every weekday the day starts with cardio. It was hell the first few weeks, now I wouldn't want it any different. Takes all the sleepiness right away.

niftykettles · 2014-06-23T10:53:59+00:00

5:30 - Wake up - Drink 2 pints of water and head to the gym

5:30 - 7:15 Gym

7:20 - Breakfast, Shower, Prepare Lunch etc

On non gym days I wake up at 6:15 and go for a jog instead

redditor1255 · 2014-06-23T19:11:32+00:00

8:00 Stumble out of bed, shut phone off, start reading news on phone

8:30 Get out of bed again, go cook eggs and bacon

8:40 eat eggs and bacon

8:50 Brush teeth. Floss. Floss again with a different kind of floss. Mouth wash. Comb hair. Pluck eyebrows. Groom beard. Wash face.

9:10 leave for work late.

This is my life. I gave up on waking up early, I'm so much better late at night.

laere · 2014-06-24T14:23:34+00:00

I do have a routine. However it follows no specific time regiment. Should I add a time regiment?

Wake up
Wash face with warm water, then cold water
Take 600mg-1g L-Theanine
Relax for 10-20 minutes
Meditate 10-15 minutes (twice a day)
Get a cup of coffee and browse reddit
Cook breakfast and eat it (taken with 500mg Bacopa and Fish Oil [twice a day with meals])
Read the book I'm currently reading
Practice my guitar
Work.

TRiPdonGame · 2014-06-25T05:55:53+00:00

How I start my morning with small victories and am making myself a "morning person":

8:30 - Wake up to Alarm, jump as high as I can 10 times

8:35 - Shower

8:45 - Shave, Comb Hair, Brush Teeth

9:00 - Vitamins, Test booster, 3-eggs with sausage

9:20 - Morning Workout (based on "Convict Conditioning", currently level 3)

9:45 - L-sit stretch, Bridge stretch, Cross body twist stretch

9:50 - Roll all joints

10:00 - Put on pants, sip coffee

Samuikr · 2014-06-22T15:55:30+00:00

In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.

BeaverEater416 · 2014-06-22T18:47:41+00:00

Wake up shower, smoke kush, go to work then drink and fuck bitches after work.

RPModulator · 2014-06-22T13:23:42+00:00

Currently recovering from knee surgery, but when I am not gimped up:

4:30: wake up
4:30-5:00: a few administrative tasks, or cleaning, and get dressed
5:00-6:00: gym or bike ride
6:00-6:30: shower, shave
6:30-7:00: breakfast, listen to news/podcast, look at calendar/todo list, and mentally plan day
7:00: leave for work

2014-06-22T18:57:06+00:00

Alarm goes off at 7:30. Don't get up till 8:25. I might even spend 10 of those minutes ok bed scratching my balls. Change, brush teeth, tidy hair and leave house incredibly groggy at 8:40.

Mornings are thing I really struggle with. Have been putting effort into discovering the cause so far but with limited results.

Title	What is your morning routine?
Author	thewaywayhome
Upvotes	65
Comments	107
Date	June 22, 2014 12:13 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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