Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine? • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by butlike » Fri, Jan 03, 2025, 10:18 PM UTC

nrr wrote: post #130

Fischgericht wrote: post #127

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Very off-topic here, but no, money is not the key when trying to find a spot on this planet that nobody does have on their radar when it comes to fucking up the planet on short notice :) Also: Different people, different coping strategies. I don't want to wait until the "Active Shooter!" cell broadcast message finds its way to my phone. :) For some people, potentially especially those on the spectrum, having as much…

I'm also on team Keep An Eye On Things™, and approximately none of it really feeds into an anxiety loop. (There's a tiny sliver of the pie that does, but it's easy enough to talk myself off that ledge and go engage in a Weltschmerzspaziergang[0].) I know it's stuff I can't control, and that's sort of the point. I want to know what I can't control so that I can know what I can control, if that makes sense. 0: Otherwis…

That's a fair point, I just want to call out no one except you can tell you what you can control, since you're able to just "do things."

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

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Post by butlike » Fri, Jan 03, 2025, 10:21 PM UTC

hombre_fatal wrote: post #85

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.

Yep, this thread wouldn’t be complete without someone pointing out how hard us parents have it if these childless lucky dogs aren’t going to acknowledge it.

"No time and tethered down" vs. "existential fear of dying alone." Six of one, half dozen of the other.

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

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Post by butlike » Fri, Jan 03, 2025, 10:23 PM UTC

seltzerboys wrote: post #79

vinay_ys wrote: post #64

Find Zen in mundane daily repetitive tasks. Avoid all screens for first hour after you wake up (and the hour before you sleep). Stay focused in the moment – focus on your body and mind. First/last thing everyday, do these activities with mindfulness – personal hygiene, exercise, gratitude/prayer, set positive realistic intentions for the day, set intention to act, prepare, eat/pack fresh healthy food. Then start your…

I appreciate how you phrased this - I struggle most with 'mundane, daily, repetitive tasks.' Approaching them with intentionality and presence of mind seems good, if not difficult.

Turn brain off. Style mundanity like decor.

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

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Post by butlike » Fri, Jan 03, 2025, 10:27 PM UTC

pixelatedindex wrote: post #177

Semaphor wrote: post #174

37. I wake up, usually between 4 and 5 (5-7 on the weekend), and get dressed. I turn on the PC in the office, turn on the kettle in the kitchen, go to the bathroom, back to the kitchen to make coffee in the press. Back to the PC, login and read some news while enjoying the first cup. Then I pick an album to listen to (from the fresh releases if it's Friday or Saturday) and start working. Not sure how well my routine…

Goddamn that’s early lol

Some of us are going to bed around 5, this cat's making coffee. Different strokes I guess

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

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Post by Semaphor » Fri, Jan 03, 2025, 11:54 PM UTC

butlike wrote: post #184

pixelatedindex wrote: post #177

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Goddamn that’s early lol

Some of us are going to bed around 5, this cat's making coffee. Different strokes I guess

Used to be the opposite, then I did a 180 about 10 years ago and felt better :)

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

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Post by Heidaradar » Sat, Jan 04, 2025, 12:24 AM UTC

hammeiam wrote: post #17

paulcole wrote: post #12

1. Up at 4:30AM on 95%+ of days 2. Cold brew coffee and some kind of small breakfast, maybe a cookie or something 3. Do NYT + Apple News Crosswords and some other word games 4. Some combination of watch TikTok, read on my Kindle, 20 minute workout 5. Brush teeth and leave for work between 6:30 and 7:30. Either run or bike commute. 6. At work, do a 30-minute planning session to get ready for the day. I find it works r…

Why wake up so early for tiktok time?

Yeah I agree, I don't see the point in waking up so early for crossword games either

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

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Post by krsdcbl » Sat, Jan 04, 2025, 3:07 AM UTC

SapporoChris wrote: post #128

Fischgericht wrote: post #103

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Just be clear: This is my DAILY morning routine for ages. So outside of that 20 minutes "Weltschmerz [1] shower" time window I am not suicidal. :) [1] "Weltschmerz" - the ONLY German word you'll ever need to learn.

Thank you, I appreciate the new vocabulary. However, I still enjoy Schadenfreude.

They strangely work quite well together

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

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Post by wruza » Sat, Jan 04, 2025, 3:50 AM UTC

sgt wrote: post #122

paulcole wrote: post #53

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I like getting up early and I like TikTok.

I've never been on TikTok. What's the appeal?

The usual infinite scrolling in autoplay-on-repeat, snap-scroll format. Even less control over recommendations than youtube.

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

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Post by bmilleare » Sat, Jan 04, 2025, 4:11 PM UTC

For the previous 20 years I had no real routine other than wake>commute>work or wake>work if wfh, but over the last 2 years I've been more focused on my health. Every weekday I get up around 06:00 and am at the pool by 06:40. I swim 1500m then have a 15min sauna and 4min cold plunge. Normally I'm back at my desk by around 08:20. I drink 1L of water with electrolytes while at the pool and then have a light breakfast and espresso when I get home.

I'm in better shape than I was throughout my 30s, have more muscle, better posture and generally feel more energetic and alert through the day.

While at the pool I listen to Audible books (wearing Shokz), so get through a new book every couple of weeks also.

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

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Post by yibbix » Sat, Jan 04, 2025, 4:32 PM UTC

Currently unemployed. I wake up whenever I wake up, no alarm clock. Read a bit or browse social media until I decide to get up. Grab my coffee and then hop on the computer where I watch YouTube and play a game until the coffee kicks in and I need to poop. Then go for a run shortly after that.