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Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

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Post by Quinzel »

scruple wrote: post #129
auc wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I personally take the view that any really important news will find me anyways

Yep, I've adopted that mentality. Finally. I wish it hadn't taken me so, so long. My wife even commented that I'm much less on-edge, much less prone to find the negative in things. It's sort of like a switch inside of my brain has been welded permanently to the off position, it's pretty wild how it only takes 2-3 weeks for the brain to sort itself out after many years of being stuck in some cycle.

I haven’t watched/read the news in years and I feel so liberated from it. When something worth knowing happens, I still hear about it. But not consuming news gives me the space I need to think independently about things from the influences of mass produced media. It’s beautiful

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

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Post by H1Supreme »

Not much of a routine to be honest. Wake up around 8:15, lie in bed until 8:30, make a double shot espresso, and start work at 9.

I lift weights (at my "home gym") on my lunch break (except Wednesdays) for 45 minutes. Use the last 15 minutes to eat a lunch I have prepared (a salad or a sandwich + a protein shake).

Overall, it works. I tried working out at 7:00am, but my workouts were horrible that early. Kinda wish it worked so I could fit a power nap in at lunch. But, I don't function too well that early.

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

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Post by califool »

brush the teeth, a little deodorant, then sit with a homemade americano in front of a unpowered monitor. I like to mumble "His name is Robert Paulson" until I can at least fake inspiration, then I hit the power button. I'll space out for a good 45min to an hour before I get around to any real work. Next thing you know its time for proper pour of single malt scotch another day in the books..... eye on the prize, champagne wishes and caviar dreams.

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

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Post by califool »

Quinzel wrote: post #151
scruple wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, I've adopted that mentality. Finally. I wish it hadn't taken me so, so long. My wife even commented that I'm much less on-edge, much less prone to find the negative in things. It's sort of like a switch inside of my brain has been welded permanently to the off position, it's pretty wild how it only takes 2-3 weeks for the brain to sort itself out after many years of being stuck in some cycle.

I haven’t watched/read the news in years and I feel so liberated from it. When something worth knowing happens, I still hear about it. But not consuming news gives me the space I need to think independently about things from the influences of mass produced media. It’s beautiful

I am going on a year from watching. feels good.

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

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Post by neoglow »

Stand up at around 6:15, no snoozing the alarm. Get a glass of water and some yoghurt, cereals, fruit or bread, at least something light and not too heavy because after that I run around 30 minutes with my dog. This is my exercise and the dog needed to walk anyway. I do this 5 times a week.

After that drink a cup of coffee, and another glass of water, after which I first go to work at around 7:30, where I start with reviews, testing changes, and get through email. Standup is at 9:15, when I get another cup of coffee. The rest of the day is just cruising along; coding some stuff, fixing bugs, having some meetings etc... Usual SWE stuff.

Having started early, I can finish early, which gives me time for cooking, which I find very important. Because I already had my exercise in the morning, evenings are for me, my family and friends.

Weekends are similar, except I wake whenever I naturally awake, so my body and mind can recover where necessary, Although most of the time I still am awake at around 7:00.

This routine works very well for me. I try to keep low on alcohol and caffeine, of which the first one is going very well, but the second one a little less since I had a child a few months ago. Oh well...

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

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Post by Peacefulz »

jordanmorgan10 wrote: post #37

- Wake up at 6 - Take kids to school - Side project time 7-8 - Day job 8-4 - Side project time 4-5 - Dad mode until bed

Could you maybe talk a little about maximizing that hour for personal projects? If I have an hour to do something, I really have about 30 minutes because I have to mentally organize myself to the task at hand.

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

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Post by zeeed »

califool wrote: post #154
Quinzel wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven’t watched/read the news in years and I feel so liberated from it. When something worth knowing happens, I still hear about it. But not consuming news gives me the space I need to think independently about things from the influences of mass produced media. It’s beautiful

I am going on a year from watching. feels good.

Serious question: so to all posters above me in this thread, do you do HN regularly as a social but just avoid other sites?

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

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Post by rrr83 »

rich_sasha wrote: post #63

Meta: looking at these schedules, it is very obvious who has and who doesn't have children. My schedule is trying to squeeze about 30 hrs of parenting, work and sleep requirements into a 24h day.

Yes same story. Father of 2 kids, working wife, demanding job, extended work hours so we are just changing months over calendar but this year I have set a goal and decided to start focusing on the time I spend on me. Basically avoid the unnecessary stuff from my daily routine, no news, social media, focus on health and hopefully move up in career. Wish me a luck!

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

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Post by laxmin »

omayomay wrote: post #61

As a Person with ADHD: - first thing i do is drinking big glass of water - doing Sun Salutation yoga sequence, either 1 time or N times -as long as i am willing to do that day- - spend first 15 minutes of working hour with coffee and writing a short todo for that day into paper. I cannot emphasise enough how doing mindful exercises -even 1 minute!- regularly in the morning helps with my ADHD. But here is my ADHD trap…

I am on the spectrum and Yoga helps me a lot to get grounded.

I thought it is just a personal thing and was afraid I would be ridiculed if I said it helps, even in support groups.

I am not alone, nice to know.

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