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Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?
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Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?
#112- Wake up - Grab a coffee and two cigarettes - Go take the big pile of pills "against" depression and autism - Read some world news - Get some more pills - Take a shower, thinking about killing myself, but telling myself "pills will start working in 20 minutes" - Get another coffee and another two cigarettes until second batch of pills kick in - Start coding
Skipping the world news might be good for your mental these days
I've gone cold turkey over the holiday break and I literally felt the anxiety melting away.
Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?
#113A bunch of people asked me about this so I put together a short post with some tips (mostly oriented around having a daily writing routine):
https://untested.sonnet.io/notes/stream-of-consciousness-mor...
And yeah, it works for me, although I would suggest taking any advice like this with a bag of salt as it’s highly context dependent. For instance, many of the little tools/toys I use are built by me therefore idiosyncratic.
That said, quite a few people use them on a regular basis.
PS this is a digital garden note, so check the backlinks at the bottom for more examples.
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#115I'm 27 years old. 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…
For confused readers, this is a reference to the movie American Psycho
Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?
#116I sleep and wake at decent times (bed by 11 usually, awake by 7-8), but I am basically dead to the world until afternoon. Sometimes I don't even become productive until 2-3pm. Curious if others have this problem. Suffice to say no one wants to hear my morning routine, but I am curious to see all of yours.
Have you tried a coffein detox?
Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?
#117Wake up, have a wank, shower and go to work.
Get to work, faff for 30mins buying coffee and cookie and then eat. Simple enough routine.
Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?
#118- Wake up - Grab a coffee and two cigarettes - Go take the big pile of pills "against" depression and autism - Read some world news - Get some more pills - Take a shower, thinking about killing myself, but telling myself "pills will start working in 20 minutes" - Get another coffee and another two cigarettes until second batch of pills kick in - Start coding
Skipping the world news might be good for your mental these days
Doesn't work for me. I feel much safer tracking the disintegration of civilization in real-time, making predictions based on that information, and adapt the timing of my escape plans accordingly. So I must newspapers from all around the world every morning, even if it's painful.
I have to admit though: Yesterday I cheated. On new years morning I skipped all world news to beat 2025 to it, delaying the inevitable by a day. Worked well, as it turns out. And I wasn't too smelly due to it, either :)
Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?
#119Wake up whenever, wait until I hear the coffee machine or on a good day trigger it myself. Then I do whatever my phone has on open tasks, usually nothing or a random bill or a customer asking something. Second coffee, maybe a joint. Then actively just enjoying my coffee joint on repeat until I get the urge to do something. Which might not even happen that day.
Sounds ineffective, but I tried a lot and productivity is unmatched that way for me.