Morning routine

SPM1959

What is your usual daily morning routine.

Due to starting work very early and being lazy (hitting snooze button too many times) mine is very poor. Out of bed, washed, dressed and into the car. All feeling very rushed.

I admire people who can exercise first thing before work etc. and hopefully it is something I can improve on.

thunderdog

SPM1959 wrote: »

What is your usual daily morning routine.

Due to starting work very early and being lazy (hitting snooze button too many times) mine is very poor. Out of bed, washed, dressed and into the car. All feeling very rushed.

I admire people who can exercise first thing before work etc. and hopefully it is something I can improve on.

Does some self romancing count as exercise?

The One Who Knocks

6am cold shower then coffee + treadmill + podcast.

eviltwin

Up at 6am, take the dogs for a walk/run, back before 7 to get kids up, have breakfast, feed dogs, have a wash, out the door at 7:45 to do the school run.

If you want to try and get up earlier start setting your alarm back by about 15 mins, do that for a week or so then set it back earlier again. Less of a shock to the system.

Lucifer MorningStar

I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. 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.

anniehoo

I've an awful routine, well if you count pressing snooze 5 times, hurried shower, no brekkie and legging it out the door a routine. I seem to be getting worse rather than better the older I get

Grayson

5:40 am up. brush teeth. Get dressed. leave.

I shower and shave before I go to bed. It takes an hour to get to work. I work 10 hour shifts and start at 7 so mornings are very brief. Not even a cup of coffee till I get to work.

xabi

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. 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.

Thought this was written by a woman until I got to the shaving part!

foxy06

The One Who Knocks wrote: »

6am cold shower then coffee + treadmill + podcast.

Shower before treadmill?

RonanP77

Up at 6:45 (5:45 on Fridays) have some breakfast and make my lunch while listening to the radio then have a quick wash and out the door for 7:30 (6:30 on Fridays)

On Saturdays I get up at 7:35, have breakfast and a quick wash then head off for a run.

Sundays I don't get up until 8:30, I have a very relaxed breakfast and start studying at 10:00, if it's a nice day I'll head out for a cycle before studying.

Lapin

Coffee. Cigarette. Coffee. Another cigarette. More coffee. Followed by a cigarette and a coffee together.

Sometimes toast too if feeling adventurous.

Out the door then by 07.20 and get a coffee while waiting for the train.

Duff

Get up 6:30, sit at the side of the bed hating life, breakfast, gym then depending on the day, college or work.

xabi

xabi wrote: »

Thought this was written by a woman until I got to the shaving part!

It's from american psycho


Usually up around 6 or so, on the bus, to the gym, then work
non gym days i just go to work early

The One Who Knocks

foxy06 wrote: »

Shower before treadmill?

Personally I need the shock to wake me up and energise me, although I don't exercise for long tbh.

Usually get up sometime between 8:30 and 9, get dressed straight away, wash teeth and straight out the door to work. Eat my breakfast at work while browsing the net and have a few cups of tea to get me going for the day.

osarusan

Wake up. Cry.

whiskeyman

Nothing better than the morning ride to start the day and put a pep in your step.

Ruu

Eat, run, shower, work. Repeat the steps, sometimes more running or biking after work.

Amirani

Wake up, get on bike, cycle to work, have shower, have breakfast and coffee at my desk.

I generally have everything prepared the night before so I don't need to do anything in the mornings.

Rasheed

Yer all horrid early risers.

I get up at 8 on weekdays, get dressed, have breakfast, do make up, iron the uniform and be at work for 8.30. Work is a 2 min drive away. Hate having a shower in the morning and going around with wet hair so I shower in the evening.

Weekends, it depends on matches. Saturday would be 9ish to get all jobs done, Sunday can be any time depending on if I was out the night before, if there was someone beside me or if there's more matches to go to.

pragmatic1

I don't understand how anyone can exercise in the morning. Why would you do that to yourself.

Applause

The life of a desperate, jobless woman in her early 20's; I crawl out of bed, usually in the afternoon, brush my teeth, read a bit of the news/check the usual jobs websites and then shower and do whatever I have planned for the day (usually nothing).

Anyway, this Monday I will be starting full time classes for the first time in five years, the mornings will be a shock to the system but I can't say I'm not excited to finally have something to do other than desperately trying to get into the world of work.

TheBeardedLady

Alarm goes off at 7.10, get up and walk with eyes closed cursing the world to bathroom to take a wee.

Stick on the water for my tea and have a quick shower and put on my clothes.

Prepare porridge. Stick on the laptop. Eat porridge and tea while reading news, Facebook, Boards etc.

Get my stuff ready for work.

Back into the bathroom to dry hair, stick on moisturiser and mascara.

Get bag and out the door at 8.15 to the metro station....


That takes an hour.

Tell me how

Applause wrote: »

The life of a desperate, jobless woman in her early 20's; I crawl out of bed, usually in the afternoon, brush my teeth, read a bit of the news/check the usual jobs websites and then shower and do whatever I have planned for the day (usually nothing).

Anyway, this Monday I will be starting full time classes for the first time in five years, the mornings will be a shock to the system but I can't say I'm not excited to finally have something to do other than desperately trying to get into the world of work.

Best of luck with new classes! The day is horrid long when you have nothing to do. Hard to have the motivation to do anything when there isn't something which forces a structure to your day.

Applause

Tell me how wrote: »

Best of luck with new classes! The day is horrid long when you have nothing to do. Hard to have the motivation to do anything when there isn't something which forces a structure to your day.

Thanks a lot, that it is. I was only 16 when I graduated from secondary school, how is a 16 year old supposed to know what they are doing? :rolleyes: So I made bad decisions, of course and now I'm slowly getting back on track. :cool:

Grayson

Applause wrote: »

The life of a desperate, jobless woman in her early 20's; I crawl out of bed, usually in the afternoon, brush my teeth, read a bit of the news/check the usual jobs websites and then shower and do whatever I have planned for the day (usually nothing).

Anyway, this Monday I will be starting full time classes for the first time in five years, the mornings will be a shock to the system but I can't say I'm not excited to finally have something to do other than desperately trying to get into the world of work.

I think education (along with possibly travelling) is time you'll never feel was wasted.

I was unemployed for 6 months about 7 years ago. First three were grand. like a long holiday. Then the madness set in

Good luck to you.

Mint Aero

4:00am - 4:45am Work on my memoirs
4:45am - 5:20am Run
5:20am - 6:00am Breakfast shower dressed.
6:30am - 7:30am Gym
7:30am - 8:00am Stroll by the lakes to work
8:00am start.

Up very early, cup of coffee, shower, tea, breakfast, tea, dress, tidy up and dress bed, bit of makeup, out the door. Maybe some tea in work.

Three mornings a week I'll stick a swim between cup of coffee and shower.

Applause

Grayson wrote: »

I think education (along with possibly travelling) is time you'll never feel was wasted.

I was unemployed for 6 months about 7 years ago. First three were grand. like a long holiday. Then the madness set in

Good luck to you.

Thanks. I'm hoping to leave the country next year, so that kind of counts as travelling, right?

boobar

Up at 8.00, prepare breakfast for my kid. Have a cup of hot water with lemon.

Shower, and shave then get dressed.

Back downstairs at 8.30, have some cereal and a cup of tea.

Catch the news at 9.00.

Drop kid to school at 9.10.

Drive to work, arrive at 9.30.

everlast75

pragmatic1 wrote: »

I don't understand how anyone can exercise in the morning. Why would you do that to yourself.

Simple really..

1) you have no reason not to go.. ie social occasion, work late etc
2) frees up your evening while getting the benefit of exercise
3) you're wide awake for work and more productive
4) you're knackered whatever time you get up. When was the last time you awoke and thought "God I feel so refreshed" ;-)

Some people spend a lot of time messing around the house in the morning (that could be spent sleeping).

I'm usually out the door within 10 mins of my feet hitting the floor in the morning even 5 mins sometimes.

I also agree with those saying morning exercise is hell I couldn't do it to myself. Getting up at 8:30 or 9 to go straight to work is a struggle for me, getting up early just to put myself though the pain of exercise? No thanks.

I enjoy the weightlifting and the accomplishment after and that's me set up for the day before I even hit work. Then the evening I can do other things or veg out and I've still done what I wanted

Son Of A Vidic

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

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.

For some reason I always thought Satan was male. But you learn something new everyday I suppose...:pac:

indigo twist

5:59 - I wake up
6:00 - My alarm goes off
6:10 - My snooze alarm, i.e. my baby, goes off. I go fetch and heat bottle
6:20 - I'm in the shower
6:40 - Clothes, makeup, hair
7:00 - Stick some clothes in the washing machine
7:07 - The time I need to leave the house
7:09 - The time I really definitely need to leave the house
7:16 - Choo choo! On the train, off to work

kowloon

Up two hours before I went to bed, eat a mash of organic oats and protein powder, off to the gym to bench my customised depleted uranium weights and then into the office where I work at the cutting edge of German finance.

kowloon

kowloon wrote: »

Up two hours before I went to bed, eat a mash of organic oats and protein powder, off to the gym to bench my customised depleted uranium weights and then into the office where I work at the cutting edge of German finance.

Sames!

Murt10

Your all very civilized here.

Where are the women who brush their hair, apply spade loads of makeup, foundation, mascara, blusher etc, on the way into Town on the train.

There's a time and place for everything, and doing it on the train, or in public is neither the time or the place for this.

DoozerT6

Get up a couple of minutes after the alarm, pee, brush my teeth, maybe faff around on laptop for ten minutes, open the curtains in the living room, clean my face, get dressed, throw some makeup at my face (oh how I wish Homer's makeup gun was a reality!!), make my bed, coat on, out the door. If I decide not to open the laptop I could be out the door in 15-20 minutes.

I shower/wash my hair etc. at night. I also decide what I'm wearing the night before and lay it out ready to grab, a habit I've had since school.

dmc17

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. 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. And then, the alarm clock goes off :eek:

Elessar

6.45 alarm goes off
Snooze it every 9 minutes but I'm generally up reading boards or the journal on the phone (I give myself 20-25 mins to wake up fully)
7.15 - get up, shave, get dressed
7.25 - get breakfast, make lunch
7.45 - leave for work
8.00 - in work

myshirt

Up at 7a.m
Whore's wash
Mexican shower
Eat a scone
And out the door for 7.30a.m

Pwindedd

Murt10 wrote: »

Your all very civilized here.

Where are the women who brush their hair, apply spade loads of makeup, foundation, mascara, blusher etc, on the way into Town on the train.

There's a time and place for everything, and doing it on the train, or in public is neither the time or the place for this.

Time on the train should be used for whatever the individual sees fit as long as it doesn't impinge on anyone else's libertys.

Mister Vain

Alarm goes off at 6:45.
I hit the snooze.
I fart.
Then I get up at 7:00.
Get dressed.
Eat some cherrios and take a multivitamin.
I fart again.
Brush my teeth, often while farting.
Pack my lunch.
More farting.
I stand in the kitchen for about 5 minutes thinking about where I went wrong in life.
Another fart and then out the door.

Pwindedd

Pwindedd wrote: »

Time on the train should be used for whatever the individual sees fit as long as it doesn't impinge on anyone else's libertys.

Even nose-picking or toenail chewing?

Manners don't hurt on a train.

Pwindedd

Stagger out of bed at 7.45, faff about till 8.30 with hair, clothes, face etc. then drive to work - throwing the brat out at school on the way. Breakfast at work about 10.30 - can't bring myself to eat first thing.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Alarm goes off, hit snooze between 3 and a million times, then go "SHÍTE!". Jump out of bed, run around like a blue arsed fly for a few minutes and leg it out the door. Usually having forgotten my phone or with make up on only one eye or something.

Pumpkinseeds

My alarm clock is usually one of our cats jumping on me at stupid o'clock in the morning wanting breakfast. After that I stumble out of bed, put on my dressing gown, hobble bleary eyed down the stairs and feed them before going back to bed. If it's almost time for my husband's alarm to go off I'll stay up and make him a mug of strong coffee then go back to bed for a while. He gets up at 5.15 a.m. when he's working days.

I'm much more of an evening person, so excercise and showering gets done then. I usually walk about 25km per week spread over 5 days.

dixiefly

Candie wrote: »

Even nose-picking or toenail chewing?

Manners don't hurt on a train.

Of course nose-picking and toenail chewing and similar activities are plain bad manners.

But I dont have a problem with people applying make up while on the train.

dixiefly

dixiefly wrote: »

Of course nose-picking and toenail chewing and similar activities are plain bad manners.

But I dont have a problem with people applying make up while on the train.

A lot of people consider attending to personal grooming in public bad manners.

I don't have strong feelings about it either, but most people don't really want to see someone applying concealer or mascara on the train.

Mister Vain

Ebola Cola wrote: »

Wake up at 6:45, dressed and showered by 7:05.Make and eat a spinach and tomato omelette and have some Greek yoghurt by 7:25.

Drop the two kids to creche by 7:40. Get the bus into work and arrive by 8:35.

Posh fecker.