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

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Post by wazoox »

My most important routine daily activity is 30-45 minutes of callisthenics (abs, push-ups, etc), then going running in the wood for 30 to 45 minutes. 15-20 years ago I used to do that between 7 and 9 (bringing children to school in the middle), but now it tends to happen more around 11:30, because I can't get up before 8:30 anyway unless there is a really tough deadline.

Does it make me productive? Not at all. But at least, it makes me extremely healthy :D

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

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Post by I_am_tiberius »

masijo wrote: post #98

Wake up, feel the dread of having to work 8 hours again, avoid getting out of bed until 5 minutes before my team's daily, take dutasteride and drink some water, get working and procrastinate as much as possible while avoiding getting fired

We look for employees like you.

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

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Post by gitgud »

7:30AM wake up in bed

7:31AM open Hacker News, begin absorbing news

8:15AM open YouTube, begin scrolling shortform content

8:45AM open Reddit, begins scrolling content

9:00AM get out of bed

9:01AM make a coffee

9:03AM walk to home office

9:04AM begin work

Although exaggerated, this is sadly quite an accurate representation of my mornings…

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

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Post by Breza »

auc wrote: post #114
scruple wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've gone cold turkey over the holiday break and I literally felt the anxiety melting away.

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

I recently dropped $99 to get the Financial Times delivered to my door six days a week. If something truly important happens, I'll have the chance to read about it. But I can't doomscroll for hours.

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

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Post by curmudgeon22 »

lexoj wrote: post #167
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…

Can you give some examples of mindful exercises that are short?

4-7-8 breathing or similar is a nice option (breath in 4 seconds, hold 7 seconds, out 8 seconds). I find 2 minutes helps you get into it more than 1.

Journaling for for 1-2 minutes is also pretty useful.

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

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Post by gadders »

I get up when I want except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen. I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea and I think about leaving the house.

I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too. It gives me a sense of enormous well-being. And then I'm happy for the rest of the day

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

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Post by kelljust »

scruple wrote: post #173
mharig wrote: post #139

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Do not forget mobility.

Yep, I get mobility work in pretty much every day. Generally at night after we've eaten dinner as a family, I'll do some mobility drills and foam rolling, etc., while we're doing other activities before bedtime.

What mobility exercises do you prefer? Any particular routine you can recommend?

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

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Post by pajamasam »

This routine worked well for me for the last few months:

6:30 wake up, make coffee + read a book while drinking my coffee

7:00 get dressed and leave to go to the gym or for a walk

7:30-8:30 exercise

8:30 - 09:00 shower + make breakfast

09:00 start work (remotely)

I feel much more fulfilled when I get some non-work reading and exercise done before a work day. Sometimes I sleep in, but then end up regretting it.

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