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9:05 - Join the standup, start work.
~10:00 - Have breakfast (hopefully) during some useless meeting
~11:00 - Finally wake up completely, make coffee and hope to get some uninterrupted time in the afternoon to get some work done.
~12:00 - 15:00 - productive work
~15:00 - outside dog break, more work after
16:30 - usually done with work, watch some YT or play a few games.
18:00 - start making dinner, eat, get ready for dog walk #2
19:00 - 20:00 Dog walk
Do whatever after, until about midnight.
It sucks being a night owl with brain damage, but there it is. Some days it takes me until noon to "wake up" completely.
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?
Oh man I would not call this constructive, keep in mind I have ADHD. I wake up. I make some coffee. I then make a smoothie with spinach, banana, and whatever other fruits for breakfast. During this time I hopefully remember to take my medication. If it's a workday I'll then go and do some work. If not, I'll probably start organizing. I'm bad at relaxing.
Hahaha oh man, I feel you on this! I have a 7 day pill organizer that I have found does wonders for my ability to #1 take my meds and also #2 have a visual reminder that I did, that I DONT HAVE TO REMEMBER. Nothing worse than being 3 hours into the day and being gripped with "OH SHIT I FORGOT MY MEDS".
Lately I have been on a kick where I do some plain greek yogurt, some fresh berries (whatevers good) and a healthy pile of granola. While prepping I try to keep them separate like a pie chart. I don't mix it all together per se but as I eat there's the most delicious venn diagram in the middle.
Lately I've had a strange obsession with instant coffee and sweetened condensed milk. Maybe not the highest quality but its so quick and easy when I have zero energy.
I really enjoy breakfast and the morning meal... the getting to work part not so much. Definitely more productive in the afternoon / evening, but breakfast makes the morning worth it.
Once the coffee is ready, I drink it while planning out the day (in a rough manner), basically moving stuff around in my calendar, turning some emails to tasks, etc. When I'm done planning, I get to work.
On non-work days, I sleep as much as I feel like, and no coffee, so as to avoid developing a caffeine tolerance.
Here's a thread on the same topic from late 2023... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37385434 I answered in that one, and I see that things have slowed down for me a bit since then. My routine has been more in flux during November and December since we took a week of vacation, then had the holidays, and have been fighting colds. This time next year I'll be living in a new place, working a very different job, so I…
Wake up. High protein breakfast. Strength training for an hour. More protein. Shower. Walk the dog. Meditate. Work.
Try not to eat before the training. You will be suprised about the positive effect. Just water. Breakfast after training.
I also have suffered low bone density from not fueling. I was diagnosed with RED-S (relative energy deficiency in sport). My body was canabalizing muscle and bone for energy.
I suspect age is a big factor here (I’m in my 40s). But I definitely will fuel before working out from now on.
Oh man I would not call this constructive, keep in mind I have ADHD. I wake up. I make some coffee. I then make a smoothie with spinach, banana, and whatever other fruits for breakfast. During this time I hopefully remember to take my medication. If it's a workday I'll then go and do some work. If not, I'll probably start organizing. I'm bad at relaxing.
I think somewhat starting the day with mindful exercises helps greatly for rest of the day. I do this morning routine daily for a week, feel great. Then stop doing because i feel great, downward spiral starts. and start again.