{"id":1367,"date":"2011-01-10T10:20:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2011-01-10T10:20:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T15:20:08","slug":"our-morning-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/01\/10\/our-morning-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Our Morning Routine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13842,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/3070621622&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251106032626\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/3070621622&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/3070621622&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 23:27:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-20 08:19:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 08:48:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 03:01:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 03:01:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13843,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.rd.com\\\/living-healthy\\\/24-ways-to-brighten-your-morning\\\/article15916.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100212210417\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.rd.com:80\\\/living-healthy\\\/24-ways-to-brighten-your-morning\\\/article15916.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 03:23:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 23:27:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-20 08:20:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 08:48:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 03:01:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 03:01:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Morning Sunrise by adamjackson1984, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/3070621622\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Morning Sunrise\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3195\/3070621622_140f59a8fe_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s 6:30AM and your alarm clock goes off.<\/p>\n<p><em>you hit snooze<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Around 6:45, you grab your iPhone and browse through email and make your way to the bathroom flipping on the coffeemaker as you pass. From the shower to a brush of your teeth to the comb that goes through your hair, you slowly complete your routine. Slacks are thrown on, perhaps a tie is tightened and you pour a cup of coffee while making toast &amp; spreading jam.<\/p>\n<p>This is your routine each and every week day. Is this a healthy way to start each day? Let&#8217;s discuss.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rd.com\/living-healthy\/24-ways-to-brighten-your-morning\/article15916.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reader&#8217;s Digest article<\/a> has some fantastic tips for starting your day and I do many of these. My life has never had a routine. It may sound odd but it&#8217;s true. Anyone that knows me well will see my routine change each day and it&#8217;s never intentional and always takes no time at all to prepare for my day. I&#8217;d like to list my required actions each morning and then list the things I often skip:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wake up as soon as my iPhone alarm goes off. Half of the time, I&#8217;m awake 10-30 minutes before the alarm goes off. I always jump out of bed if it&#8217;s a weekday. Most of the time, my eyes open as soon as the sunlight enters my room.<\/li>\n<li>Pour a glass of water to jump start my body and start off hydrated<\/li>\n<li>Wash my face<\/li>\n<li>Get dressed ( I never plan what I&#8217;ll be wearing)<\/li>\n<li>Sit in Silence<\/li>\n<li>Stretch<\/li>\n<li>Read news &amp; review emails<\/li>\n<li>Pack up my bag and load up the car and head to work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Things I skip 25-50 percent of the time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eating breakfast<\/li>\n<li>Drinking coffee or tea<\/li>\n<li>Showering<\/li>\n<li>Brushing my teeth<\/li>\n<li>Running or doing crossfit<\/li>\n<li>Make my bed<\/li>\n<li>Do my hair (sometimes, I just throw on a hat)<\/li>\n<li>Pack a lunch<\/li>\n<li>Look in the mirror<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of the time, both of these items are in our morning routines. Maybe this isn&#8217;t the case for those of you in college or in your teens but for most working professionals, all of these should or are in your routines. For me, I have stuff that I just don&#8217;t do sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>Getting ready for work takes no more than 30 minutes each day. It&#8217;s a 15 minute drive to work so I&#8217;ll leave around 8:30. My alarm usually goes off right at 8 and I&#8217;m up and dressed 5 minutes later. If I wake up before the alarm, I&#8217;ll make coffee, stretch, run and shower. It all depends.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have a routine.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to find evidence on the web on the effects of not having a routine but I can&#8217;t find anything. I&#8217;ve never rushed to get out of the house or stressed about not finding the right clothes. Each Sunday, I do laundry so am never without clean clothes. I always have beans ready to be grind for coffee and always have boiled eggs, jam &amp;\u00a0English\u00a0muffins for breakfast and things just go easily.<\/p>\n<p>The odd thing is that sometimes I read my email before getting out of bed and other times, it&#8217;s not until I&#8217;m fully dressed. Sometimes I will put on clothes and then wash my face and brush my teeth and other times I do it the other way around. I&#8217;ll drink coffee at home or take it to go. Sometimes I&#8217;ll stop on the way to work for a sandwich at a local cafe or\u00a0sometimes\u00a0I make it at home and often, I just skip it.<\/p>\n<p>When thinking about this post, I was not sure if the lack of a routine is beneficial or if it is adding stress &amp; wasted time to my day. Do routines help or hurt us? I don&#8217;t feel like always watching good morning america or listening to NPR or playing Pandora (all via my Boxee Box). Sometimes, I just want silence. I like to think that the daily wrench in my routine is a great thing. The fact I keep my morning non-ritual under 30 minutes is a great thing. I always get 8-10 hours of sleep each night and always start the day differently.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your routine? Do you have one? What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s 6:30AM and your alarm clock goes off. you hit snooze Around 6:45, you grab your iPhone and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-motivational","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-m3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5783,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/05\/06\/life-porter-is-getting-bigger\/","url_meta":{"origin":1367,"position":0},"title":"Life: Porter is getting Bigger!","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"May 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The little Catahoula Hound, Porter is growing up. 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