Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

recently got let go, and am trying to stay focused and productive despite all the unstructured time.

starting the day off with a constructive morning routine seems necessary right now.

what's your morning routine? does it work for you?

While had a job, home office:

Wake up, prepare breakfast, prepare for work (read emails), calisthenics, breakfast, start working.

After left job:

Flight ticket to Nepal, 6.30am hikes in Himalayas daily, flight to Thailand, activities early morning, flight to Philippines, diving early morning, etc etc

My recommendation: think about what makes you happy, keeps excited, develops your skills/knowledge, etc and do it, every day, from early morning. Don't overthink it. Don't copy others.

And drink water.

Wake up, read a bit in bed, make tea, get to work. My phone stays on my desk so I don’t get a facefull of notifications until I’m ready for it.

In the summer I’d have my tea on the balcony. It gave me a bit of time to just think about stuff.

I’m trying to add stretching to the routine, as it requires little effort and feels really good. When I’m dog sitting I also walk the dog in the park before anything else.

I also try to make room for a nice breakfast. This requires some advance logistics but it’s so rewarding.

Wake Up, Shower, Devotions / Gratitude Journaling, Gym / Workout for 2 hours with trainer, Shower, Breakfast, Work Day.

I realized for me that the only time I can work out consistently is early in the morning. For me, journalling is also a non-negotiable. This means I have to wake up a lot earlier (5:30 AM), to get everything I need to get done. This means I also need to be in bed by 10:30 if I want to get the sleep that I need.

Toilet If my kid is with me breakfast at home, 1/2 cup of milk with choco biscuits for me, 1/4 cup of milk with cereals for him Otherwise breakfast at the bar with cornetto and cappuccino If my kid is with me bring him to school Toilet Remote work