Ask HN: What are your daily (or weekly) routines?

Just recently discovered meditation and fasting, and while I've only been doing them for a few weeks, they've had a big effect on me. I'd like to see what other helpful routines are there. How do you go about your days?

Prayer and meditation. I got my meditation timer set for 12.5 minutes and bump it up every couple weeks. I've noticed huge changes in how I work and the quality of my interactions with others. Recommend it to anyone.

Mornings on weekdays and weekends Make my bed Meditation for twenty one minutes Exercise for 15 mins Smoothie Coffee and hacker news. Get ready to work.

Evenings on weekdays Have some snacks (usually nuts) Meditation for 21 minutes. PBS news for about an hour while having dinner Maybe some more YouTube for about an hour. Reading and relaxing before bed.

Weekend If the weather is good make it a point to either run or hike If it's bad just walk in the city

Daily routine during the work week:

Wake up ~05:30.

Eat breakfast at home while catching up on HN and Apple News. Make lunch.

Take meds. Brush teeth. Shower.

Drive to train station. Ride train for ~45 minutes. Catch up on email and organize tasks for the day (I use Todoist for daily task tracking).

Arrive at work. Unpack laptop and get setup. Get coffee.

Coding + actual project work for ~2 hours. Daily Standup at 10am PST.

Visit therapist every Wednesday morning.

Meetings/more work for ~90 minutes. Lunch around noon.

Meetings and more development work in the afternoon after lunch.

Leave work ~17:30. ~45 minute ride home on the train where I listen to music and/or podcasts or read to decompress.

Come home. Eat dinner with spouse and kid.

~20:00 get kid to bed, read stories for ~45 minutes.

Spend time with spouse.

Bedtime ~22:30.

Weekends:

Usually a bit more flexible, aside from Saturdays where I take my kid to ice skating class at 12:15.

I usually wake up around 06:00 on weekend days to make breakfast and watch cartoons with my kid while I let my spouse sleep in.

I spend my free time playing piano/guitar and reading.

I expect this thread to fill up with many people saying the same thing (meditate, good food, etc) - largely because (generally) it all works.

So I'll just throw in 2 things that make a massive difference (along with the meditation, eating well, etc) to me.

Sleeping - especially now I'm a little older, sleeping ~7.5 ish hours a day is pretty important. Far more so if I've been drinking, far more so if I'm stressed. Anything less and I'm not operating at full capacity, if I oversleep I end up tired again (ironically).

Exercise - I gym almost every day, usually every morning before work Monday - Friday (and twice a week in the evening I do a martial arts class). I've been doing this a long time. I've also noticed that in my super busy periods I'm really good at telling myself "I don't have time for the gym." Sadly and noticeably I become progressively less productive when I stop the exercise. It's definitely my number one thing to balance mind / body / productivity.