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No. 610477

A place to discuss your start to the day.
What's your current morning routine? How has it changed through the years?
What would your ideal morning routine look like?
What makes the start to your day a good one vs a shit one?

No. 610478

I'll start: recently started incorporating a run into my morning routine. Literally roll out of bed, change into my gear and get running. I'm slow af and pretty drowsy, but I've been doing this every few days for about a month and it really wakes me up. I'm way more focused when I start work if I've been for a run. Also it's so nice to get out before anyone else, my city is actually pretty nice in the early morning.

No. 610495

Does waking up at 2pm, skipping straight to lunch, then taking a nap for 3 hours count as a morning routine?

No. 610501

>>610495
sounds more like depression

No. 610520

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I used to wake up with extreme difficulty, hitting the snooze button a million times, and it took 2 hours minimum from getting up to actually being fully functional.

Then I stopped smoking cigarettes (I was a heavy smoker) and everything changed. I wake up at dawn without an alarm, and need just 2 sips of coffee and a minute to be fully alert. It's also far easier to fall asleep. It's been years since waking up hasn't been a problem, quitting smoking was one of the best decisions I've ever made.

No. 610530

>>610520
I have that but I don’t smoke and don’t know what causes it, it’s so annoying! I wish I could wake up without an alarm.

No. 610534

>wake up at from alarm 7:20
>get out of bed and make coffee, while coffee is brewing i brush teeth and wash face
>go to office, turn on work computer
>while computer is booting, apply skincare routine
>check emails, sip coffee

i have to say my morning routine has been so much more relaxed now that i get to work from home and don't have to do a 1hr commute to go in. as a result i also get to sleep for an hour longer. honestly despite the tragedy corona has done absolute wonders for my mental health.

these days the only thing that makes the start of my day shitty is not getting enough sleep the night before. pre-covid times i'd basically have a shit morning everyday tho because i can't stand my commute.

No. 610539

>>610530
Ex-smoker here, for me it was lack of oxygen caused by smoking. Maybe you lack oxygen for different reasons? Sleep apnea, or sleeping in a small unventilated space, asthma… just check if anything gives you breathing problems.

No. 610698

I naturally wake up with the sun, how do I train myself to wake up earlier than that? I'd like to wake up at 5:30 or 6

No. 610699

>>610698
you could try one of those light based alarm clocks, that slowly get brighter and brighter to wake you up.

No. 610839

>get up @ 5 or 7 am
>be on the phone
>go back to sleep
>wake up @ 2 or 3 pm
>do chores

No. 610856

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>What's your current morning routine?

When I work:
>wakes up at 7am
>wash hair>brush teeth>wash face
>takes a good shit
>then do my make-up
>then rushes to make so tea
>while tea is cooking, I swallow my nutella toast
>puts on clothes, parfume and then drinks tea
>styles hair
>packs bag for work>shoes on>face mask on>leaves the flat

When I have my daf off:

>sleeps until 9-11 am

>brush teeth+wash face
>takes a good shit
>long ass breakfast
>goes on laptop to check stuff
>prob has second breakfast ( I do not eat dinner because I eat lunch really late so I'm very hungry in the morning and I just love eating breakfast tbh)
>drinks some more tea

>What makes the start to your day a good one vs a shit one?

It depends on how I sleep. Some days I wake up and I just KNOW that it will be a shit day because my sleep was shit to begin with

No. 610894

crying

No. 610896

>>610894
wait no, my pie hole is a lie hole, it's over-sleeping

No. 610908

>What makes the start to your day a good one vs a shit one?
Literally if I take a good shit. If I don't have to go before leaving the house for whatever reason or if it's a bad kind, I get instantly cranky.

No. 610921

summer:

>wake up between 8:30-10

>splash my face with water, brush teeth, skincare routine, freshen up my hair
>order coffee thru phone or make coffee
>go for a walk which usually lasts 1h30m or 2h

online uni:
>wake up at 7:30
>splash face with water
>go to the gym
>shower at home, skincare
>attend lectures

i fast between 7pm & 2pm so i never eat breakfast, i just have coffee. i wish i didn't have black out curtains so i could just wake up with the sunlight but my bf needs pitch black to sleep

No. 610927

>wake up around 9
>stay in bed for a few minutes pretending I'm waking up next to my imaginary bf (the pillow)
>pee, wash face, brush teeth
>drink coffee while reading news
>pray that I'll get to shit today
>sit and read until it's time for lunch, so that after lunch I can go to my room and waste my time until it's time for dinner and then sleep
>repeat

currently at home with my mom and until college starts again feeling like the most useless and boring human on the planet, the routine and the loneliness makes me wanna commit sudoku

No. 610948

>sleep at 7am
>wake up at around 1-2pm
>headache of regret
>check sns
>dinner/breakfast at 3pm

quarantine aint it

No. 610951

>wake up around 7 am
>splash water on my face
>eat breakfast + drink coffee
>brush teeth, poop, charge phone
>go to the gym or exercise at home
>take a shower before going to work

No. 610956

>Supposed to start work at 8 but inevitably wake up at 6 to a work call
>Talk out of my ass half sleep and handle the most recent work crisis
>Make coffee around 7
>Browse TL until I wake up
>Do work until noon
>Lunch and shower
>Work more
>Get wasted at 5pm
>Sleep at 9-11pm
>Rinse and repeat

No. 610963

>5.45 am
>Snooze 3x
>Get up, brush, mouthwash and sit over the edge of my tub and rinse pussy. I shower the night before but I still don't wanna walk around with yesterday's pussy
>Wash face and apply eyeliner and mascara
>Put on the mask and be happy it covers half my ugly cunt face
>Pick some sort of outfit from my work capsule wardrobe
>Get in my car and hope I left enough gas because there's crackheads at the gas station at 6am because the food pantry next door is about to open
>Nope, go pump gas while a crackhead approaches me and asks me if I know any priests
>drive to work and appreciate how few drivers there are nowadays
>Realize I forgot to pack breakfast usually
>get in parking garage and get swarmed by angry little shit fucking birds that nest in each crook of the roof
>Walk for 10 minutes until I get to my portal
>Security make some sort of joke about how I should smile!
>Get to my post and get briefed on how I need to make up for other shifts lack of urgency or responsibility
>7 am: work very quickly and contemplate how if I worked based on averaged quotas I'd be out of there by 10 but I have to stay 10 hours anyway
>Progressively worsening neurosis as day goes on
>Listen to podcasts or whatever I downloaded
>Eventually rip my earbuds out after the 30th Better Help ad
>Sit in silence working, eventually think about all the embarrassing things I've done or all the bitches that have wronged me in any way
>Look at the clock
>It's only 8.30
>Scream internally

To think I used to wake up at 12 lol

No. 610996

>>610927
Wow my routine and situation is extremely similar

No. 611009

>wake up 6:50am
>make bed and open blinds
>go to bathroom to pee, brush teeth, weigh myself
>back to my room to moisturize face, put on deodorant, brush hair
>start WFH 7am, do some work stuff for an hr while watching TV/movies
>breakfast 8am
>take break from work and fuck around on the internet

Working from home is the best, I waste so little time in the morning and have loads of time in the afternoon instead.

No. 611025

Does anyone have a method that works for unfucking your sleep and developing -and sticking to- a good routine? Currently I avoid routines like the plague but it's usually something like

>wake up at noon

>avoid peeing or eating and sleep til 2
>eat oatmeal at some point

I'd like to wake up at 8am. I usually feel like death warmed up for at least an hour after I wake up, I stopped eating gluten which helped a lot but it's still really bad.
I'm depressed but I think this is the area of my life where I struggle the most, if I need to do things I do get them done.

No. 611041

>wake up ~6:45
>drink whatever is left in my water bottle (I usually drink 1/2 the bottle before bed)
>take medication
>15-min yoga flow
>brush teeth + mouthwash
>morning skincare
>> wipe face w/ micellar water on cotton pad
>> spray witch hazel
>> moisturizer
>> sunscreen
>feed my cat some wet food
>get dressed
>makeup
>> pencil liner
>> light mascara
>> undereye concealer
>> sheer skin tint
>> cream blush
>> tinted balm/light lipstick
>use moka pot to make some espressos for myself
>read or something + drink my espressos until I want to start work (usually around 9)

I don't eat anything until 12:30.

>What would your ideal morning routine look like?

Would be nice to get in some gym time, but I'm a bit wary of going to my building's gym because of the pandemic.

>What makes the start to your day a good one vs a shit one?

Honestly, it's mostly whether or not I manage to do my morning yoga. If I start my day by doing something productive, it makes my mood a lot better.

No. 611042

>>611025
I like to do a "hard reset", which is basically just staying up for 24 hours. Then you can go to sleep whenever you want and sleep for however long you want.

It vastly improved the quality of my sleep when I stopped eating past ~4 hours before bedtime. You could try that too.

No. 611079

>wake up around 7-9am whenever my body wants to wake up
>lounge around in bed for about 30 mins on my phone
>take a shit
>go for a walk around my neighbourhood for about 20 mins
>come back home
>eat breakfast
>do nothing

No. 611085

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>wake up between 6-8
>sneak out of bed without waking bf
>finish rest of water in hydroflask
>shit
>facial care routine
>open the blinds
>unroll mat, practice yoga and then workout for about 20 minutes
>water weed plants and vegetable garden
>sneak back into bed, wake up bf and cuddle for about half an hour
>go back outside to look at the plants together and to feed the mourning doves bird seed

No. 611086

>>610963
>>yesterday’s pussy

KEK

No. 611124

>wake up 9:15am
>piss
>put my glasses on
>hop on 9:30 daily conference call

that's it, that's the routine

No. 611302

>>611085
Anon you're living my dream

No. 611356

During the week:
>wake up at 7am/8am
>get ready for work
>Get on PC, eat breakfast, watch youtube vids or read news until 9am
>start work at 9am

The weekend:
>wake up 8am/9am
>chill in bed for 30 mins-1hr, on my phone or cuddling bf
>get up and have breakfast
>sit at PC and play games or work on my dissertation

I like getting out and going on walks at like 10pm/11pm before bed so my mornings seems super depressing lol. I also like to clean the night before so in the morning everything feels super fresh and new, it really makes my morning nice.

No. 611709

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>wake up
>grab beer
>grab rear
>shave beard
>put on some scene gear
>get drunk before my mom wakes up
>breakup with my girlfriend so I can bang sluts

No. 611710

>>611709
copying this routine tomorrow

No. 611732

>>611709
The only morning routine I want is one where I'm married to you anon

No. 611759

>>611709
I can feel the big clit energy through the screen

No. 611769

>>611709
>>611732
Let’s have a degenerate poly relationship, I can also just be your side piece pickme pls

No. 611787

My morning routine today
>Wake up at 7:30
>Pee
>Realize I don't have work like I thought I did
>Don't brush teeth and be a pig.

Depression days
>Lay in bed
>Eat some crackers at some point after 12

An ideal day
>Wake up at 6 am
>Poo poo pee pee
>Walk for hour
>Brush teeth and wash/moisturize face
>Start day, usually school work or work work.

No. 611833

early morning poopers: how do you manage to get into that habit? it always takes me a couple of hours to poop and it’s frustrating. my fiancé manages to go literally the second he wakes up, but i can’t :(

No. 611838

>>611833
Isn’t there a poop thread somewhere.

No. 611840

>>611833
drink coffee

No. 611858

>>611833
Try drinking a glass of orange juice, then a cup of coffee. Pooping guaranteed

No. 611893

>>611833
I got into the habit of pooping first thing in the morning because usually the first thing I do when I wake up is drink coffee, which makes most people have to poop. It's literally to the point that even if I don't have coffee first thing, I still have to poop.

tl;dr: develop a caffeine addiction and the poop shall follow

No. 611962

>>611893
>>611840

i drink coffee but not until later, and it doesn’t make me poop right away. i’ll try oj tho

No. 611966

>>611833
For me, a eating a 95% plant based diet has really helped me get regular and always poo in the morning without coffee. I can't give you any tips to poop RIGHT NOW but do consider eating more plant based meals to become regular!

No. 611967

>>611833

Idk my body just does it? Maybe because I know that I won't have the chance to shit up until I return from work (don't like to shit there because I need my time and inner peace to do it lol). Really, I wake up, clean, myself and then my body tells me that it's time for business.

No. 612029

>>611833
Depends on my diet, when I eat dairy or lots of carby shit the night before I won’t poop. But veggies and beans and what not make me shit like a horse

No. 612137

I wake up and follow this stretching routine to start my day! I've been doing it almost every morning (usually don't on my days off because I'm lazy) for about 3 months now.

Current routine:
>Wake up at 5:45am, laze around in bed for a little bit
>Dog usually starts barking at 6AM, get up and give her cuddles and a morning brushing
>Do stretches7
>Make breakfast for dog, eat cereal or have cup of soymilk for my own breakfast
>7AM, if dog feels like it, take her for a walk (she's old and most days doesn't want to anymore)
>7:20-7:30, wash up for work
>8AM, out the door

I honestly don't do much and could probably get away with waking up a bit earlier, but I like having ample time to take my sweet ass time doing every little thing so I'm not rushing. Ideally, my morning routine would be the same, but also consist of a workout and cooking myself a hot breakfast. I mean, I could fit that in, but then I think I'd be stressed every morning trying to do everything on time. I'm too sleepy and groggy to do much at all lol.

A good start to my day is if I wake up not groggy. I use the sleepytime calender so I'm not supposed to, but most nights I wake up in the middle of the night either to my dog barking or because I have to pee and it throws everything off. Now that summer is ending and the sun rises later, I already know it's going to start being a struggle for me to get out of bed on time. I can turn on my bedroom light, but my favorite thing about the mornings is basking in the morning light lol.

No. 612198

What time do you all go to sleep at to wake up so early? I hate the thought of being unconscious, and often have horrible dreams, which has made me a night owl. I usually wake up at least 10:30am (when I’m working I just have to drag myself out of bed earlier through gritted teeth)

No. 612251

>>610963
Do you know any priests?

No. 612266

>>612198
Be in bed at 10pm. I struggle with insomnia/anxiety and nightmares as well. Writing stream of conscious before bed is the most helpful thing I’ve tried. If that doesn’t work, I eat an egg which makes me really sleepy for some reason

No. 612282

Me during weekdays
>neighbour cat sneaks in 7:30am and wakes me up
>go number one
>back to bed
>bf wakes me up with coffee #1
>wake up at 10am
>wash face
>has coffee #1 (no breakfast cause fasting)
>10:30am open up lolcow to see what the US farmers have posted
>#coffee #2
>11am start working on art

Ideal:
>Never waking up again

No. 724658

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current morning routine:
> the noise and my dog wakes me up at 7/8
> stay in bed either trying to sleep or scrolling in social media till 9, dying because of the temperature (it's summer)
> regret previous step
> shower
> chug 1st bottle of water
> have breakfast
> study for exams
> die internally at my fucked up attention span
> wash the dishes
> cook lunch

ideal morning routine:
> wake up earlier, maybe at 7
> the phone is turned off
> have breakfast
> go for a walk and/or workout
> short yoga session
> meditate
> shower
> study
> the dishes are already clean bc i washed them the previous night
> cook lunch
next week my classes are starting so hopefully i'll get my shit together

No. 724839

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Trying to more more active this year so from newyears its been:
>Wake up at 9am
>Make my bed and clean my work desk
>Go to the bathroom, freshen up and change clothing for zoom
>Online class at 10am-2pm, have a big lunch at break
>Walk down to the beach and back
>Have dinner at 6pm
>Give myself a few hours to fuck around online
>Between 8-9pm I do extra work if I have any, if not then I'll just continue doing nothing
>Take a shower or a bath, depending on if I need to wash my hair
>Put on pjs and do some light stretches
Try to sleep by 12pm
Pretty boring ngl but I am benifiting from going to bed and waking up at the same time every day



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