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

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Post by warner25 » Tue, Sep 05, 2023, 4:59 PM UTC

iteria wrote: post #24

paidax wrote: post #12

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I'm more curious about what time you go to bed at night？ My current job requires me to get up at 7am. I usually go to bed at 12pm but always feel sleep deprived.

I wake up at 6AM like this person. I go to sleep around 10PM. Honestly, the best approach is to wake up at whatever time every single day even on weekends and then get to bed when you are tired after 7PM. If you keep doing this you will naturally find your appropriate bed time after about 2 weeks. Most people just botch this because they sleep in on weekends and destroy their body's attempt to set a cycle.

Yes. Earlier in life, especially before having kids, my job required me to be up closer to 5:00 and then on weekends my wife and I would sleep until maybe 8:00. That back-and-forth every week, trying to get back into the routine on Sunday night into Monday morning, was terrible. Now I'll get up at 6:00 and run even on holidays.

Starting to get up early will just suck for the first couple of days. I think there's no way around that.

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

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Post by codegeek » Tue, Sep 05, 2023, 5:03 PM UTC

- 6:30-6:45ish: My son wakes up (a Toddler) which means we wake up

- 6:45-8:30 : Play with my son, help with his breakfast while my wife works with my other 2 older kids who also wake up around 7 for school

- 8:30-9: Get ready for work

Then it depends on the work!!

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

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Post by GoldenMonkey » Tue, Sep 05, 2023, 5:18 PM UTC

stevekemp wrote: post #23

perryg wrote: post #22

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You sleep in a separate home from your family? Is this common where you’re from?

I do. It's common enough that it has an acronym (LAT), and name "Living apart together": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_apart_together It's not super-common, anywhere, to the best of my knowledge. But it's also more common than you'd expect.

I enjoy LAT. Keeps the fire alive in the relationship with the LTR gf. And gives me enough space and freedom, to not feel trapped.

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

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Post by moomoo11 » Tue, Sep 05, 2023, 7:57 PM UTC

Wake up 6am and walk into shower, turn on cold water and pull the mechanism to turn on shower head.

It’s the hardest thing I have to do upon waking up. I don’t want to be uncomfortable or even wake up. But I must do it. Honestly it might sound stupid to other people but it takes me a moment to brace myself for the super cold water.

Takes about 15-30 seconds to get past the shock and I’m wired for the rest of the day. It is better than coffee.

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

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Post by endorphine » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 1:25 AM UTC

yonatan8070 wrote: post #25

05:30: Cat asks for food, must get up to feed cat and return to bed to try getting back to sleep 06:00: Alarm goes off, turn it off and try to sleep again 06:05: Second alarm goes off, now I actually need to get up 06:15: Breakfeast 06:30: Sit on the couch with the cat and read HN 06:40: Leave to catch the bus

Have you considered getting an automatic feeder? I had the same problem but it solved it. You can program them with specific time schedules.

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

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Post by iteria » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 10:37 AM UTC

warner25 wrote: post #15

paidax wrote: post #12

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I'm more curious about what time you go to bed at night？ My current job requires me to get up at 7am. I usually go to bed at 12pm but always feel sleep deprived.

Actually in bed, trying to fall asleep, at 23:00 is typical. I'd prefer to get in bed at 22:00 but my wife is a night owl, so this is a compromise for us. Some sleep deprivation does accumulate to the point that I might turn off my alarm and sleep until 7:00 (when our kids are trained to get up) and skip running some mornings, but I hate doing that; I immediately feel like I've fallen behind schedule so the morning b…

Get ear plugs and a sleep mask. Don't allow her to demand you stay up with her. Although really the compromise should be she should leave the bedroom until she's ready to sleep, but I get some people will not always agree to that not even for the comfort of their partner.

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

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Post by singedproxy » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 1:00 PM UTC

meristohm wrote: post #2

1. Become aware that I'm awake. 2. If I remember any dreams, bask in the memories. 3. Languish awhile (on good days this is just a few minutes) before throwing off the covers. 4. Starting the water heating for my spouse's coffee, and drinking a few sips of the warming water to start my own rehydration. 5. Brushing my teeth. 6. Cold shower, with almost no dilly-dally now that I'm almost three years into the habit. It…

Sounds like a lovely routine. Did you design it "consciously" or it just happened to end up being like this naturally over the years?

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

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Post by nenaoki » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 1:55 PM UTC

aabiji wrote: post #26

nenaoki wrote: post #13

1. Wake up. 2. Grab a brush and put a little make up. 3. Hide the scars to fade away the shake up. 4. Leave the keys up on the table. 5. Go and create another fable. (in actuality; 1. snooze alarm or sleep an extra couple hours ad infinitum. 2. shower and aim not to be (too) late to anything.)

Love the poem!

Thank you; I plagiarized it from System of a Down's Chop Suey.