6:30am Hit snooze
6:45am Get out of bed, think about meditating
6:45 hot water in microwave for tea, toast, maybe?
6:50-7:30 bathroom, wash face, makeup, clothes (whatever I can find)
eat toast, drink tea, vitamins on a good day. Out the door, get to elevator, turn around.
My morning routine is the pits. I always run out the door only to come to the elevator and realize that I have forgotten something, generally a vital item needed for the rest of my day (ex. cellphone or commonly the toast I made). I think I suffer from lack of routine really. The whole procedure is a mad rush to get out the door by 7:30 and get to class on time. I long for something a little more peaceful, pulled together and an alternative to toast.
I know I'm not alone in pursuit of my prefect morning routine, there sure is plenty of conversation about it. Check this guy on zenhabits.net. He's willing to get up at 4:30 to drink water, fix lunch for his kids, exercise and have extra time to meditate on what his most important goals are for the day, then wake his wife and kids at 6:30. I applaud his dedication and understand the need for solitude but I gotta' wonder what time he has to go to bed to get up at 4:30am and there's nothing in there about getting dressed for work. I get the impression he doesn't have to leave the house.
Michael Agger in his blog post "The Quest for the Perfect Morning Routine" seems to place some importance on finding inspiration in the morning. He likes the idea of the "daily read," all those sites and blogs you look to for your news and interests in one convenient Morning Coffee mug icon on your Firefox browser. Agger has this concept that people really have two morning routines : "getting out of the house and settling down at work." This is true, at this point in my life though I feel I have more control over the routine that starts at home. I want to work on improving the wake-up and get-up portion of my day so the transition to sit-down and get shit done is a smoother one.
Prepping the night before is a reoccurring theme in my research. In the article "Reboot your Morning routine the night before" it is suggested that you pack a lunch, lay out your clothes, clean up any mess in your environment and write yourself any reminders that may slip your mind in the dawn of a new day. I can get down with laying out an outfit I'm proud of and preparing my eats a day ahead. Writing down to-dos sounds more like creating worries, maybe if I wrote down a reward for myself at the end of the list the process would be more appeasing.
As far as inspiration goes I've got a twist on Agger's Morning Coffee icon, the NY Times, NPR and Google are all apps on my iphone. I admit, I need some more blogs to gaze over, I completely open to suggestions. Louise L. Hay also holds a place in the mix providing me with daily affirmations and messages of self belief with the I Can Do It 2010 Calender app on my phone.
This is what I am working towards:
6:30 wake up, use bathroom, put teapot on, meditate for 5-12 minutes or journal
6:45 wash face etc. put on makeup, get dressed (in an outfit I have picked out the night before)
7:00 Eat real food (maybe a smoothie and toast, or rice porridge, yum!) Read a poem or something inspiring while eating
7:30/35 Out the door, everything in hand.
Progress to you in your quest for a better morning. You'll always be given the opportunity to go to bed and try again the next day.
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