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I'd like to start getting up earlier, or no longer doing this:
Quoted is my "morning routine" from the other thread, and this is not the first time I've typed it through, nor is it the first time I've read or considered it and thought, "wow, this is pretty bad." For years, I've had a, I can't think of a better word for this, phobia of sleeping through alarms and not getting up on time, so I typically set three alarms in the morning, quite often not getting up until the third one, but often at night I convince myself that the first one will really get me up.
I'd like to wake up earlier just to feel better about things; to put on deodorant and not worry about not having enough time for it to dry so that it affects the shirt I wear. I don't need to make coffee or cook eggs Benedict. Actually, I don't care to at all. I eat breakfast at work, free every day.
So that's #1 I think: how can I more rationally set my alarms, and try to better manage that first bit of waking up?
The second thing is that I might like to get up a little earlier, perhaps work out in the morning. I am unsure if I want to go this route; I have just moved neighborhoods and was opposed to working out at night in the old neighborhood due to the walk I'd have to take to get to the gym, but now, working out late might be more appealing as the gym close-by is gorgeous and clean.
But I might like to take a ride through the park in the morning, and many nights, I go to bed, set my alarm earlier and say, "i'm going to wake up early and ride this morning" and then I don't, and inevitably either do it when I get home and am tired from work, or don't do it at all.
edit: Oh, I neglected to leave out one very important thing, in the midst of my excitement that SF's refined men of wisdom would start advising me. My bedtime. It varies anywhere from 11:30-12:00. This is because, on average, I probably get home from work between 6:45 - 7:45. Since I have trouble waking up in the morning, if I'm going to work out, it's going to happen at night, and it'll happen soon after I get home, so that might not see me back in my apartment until 9PM (as was the case tonight. Then, I'll fix a protein shake, shower, consider whether I need more food, and watch tv or use the internet or sometimes read. I am obsessed with baseball so if there's a game on (Mets, Yankees or ESPN always), I'll typically watch it. I simply can not get into bed without unwinding from the day somehow. If I don't work out at night and I get home between those hours, I typically cook a simple meal and then enter the shower and unwind phase.
So there are some problems here. I know I'm not the only one, because a lot of us seem to be very harried in the morning and rush through everything. But, how do you break the cycle?
6:30 alarm goes off
6:45 radio goes off
7:00 iPhone goes off
depending on what time i really have to be at work
6:50 - 8:00 get out of bed. let's say 7:30
7:30 head to the bathroom, take a leak
7:32 turn on shower, water is hot instantly. always washing face with either Dan Kern cleanser or men-u ultra concentrate tea tree oil. usually not shampooing hair (do it at night if i do it), scrubbing body with any cheap shower gel
7:40 leave shower, stepping on my new bathmat, usually fairly alert but can be groggy, brush teeth, apply baxter of california plant moisturizer, and lab series for men acne gel if necessary
7:45 make quick protein shake, usually including flaxseed. on weekdays i have no interest in eggs, bacon, anything like that for breakfast. but i can always enjoy a quick shake.
7:50 find clothes to wear, shoes, collect Filsn, book, magazine, ipod, and the four necessary items: card holder, cash clip, iphone, watch
8:00 leave for the train
Quoted is my "morning routine" from the other thread, and this is not the first time I've typed it through, nor is it the first time I've read or considered it and thought, "wow, this is pretty bad." For years, I've had a, I can't think of a better word for this, phobia of sleeping through alarms and not getting up on time, so I typically set three alarms in the morning, quite often not getting up until the third one, but often at night I convince myself that the first one will really get me up.
I'd like to wake up earlier just to feel better about things; to put on deodorant and not worry about not having enough time for it to dry so that it affects the shirt I wear. I don't need to make coffee or cook eggs Benedict. Actually, I don't care to at all. I eat breakfast at work, free every day.
So that's #1 I think: how can I more rationally set my alarms, and try to better manage that first bit of waking up?
The second thing is that I might like to get up a little earlier, perhaps work out in the morning. I am unsure if I want to go this route; I have just moved neighborhoods and was opposed to working out at night in the old neighborhood due to the walk I'd have to take to get to the gym, but now, working out late might be more appealing as the gym close-by is gorgeous and clean.
But I might like to take a ride through the park in the morning, and many nights, I go to bed, set my alarm earlier and say, "i'm going to wake up early and ride this morning" and then I don't, and inevitably either do it when I get home and am tired from work, or don't do it at all.
edit: Oh, I neglected to leave out one very important thing, in the midst of my excitement that SF's refined men of wisdom would start advising me. My bedtime. It varies anywhere from 11:30-12:00. This is because, on average, I probably get home from work between 6:45 - 7:45. Since I have trouble waking up in the morning, if I'm going to work out, it's going to happen at night, and it'll happen soon after I get home, so that might not see me back in my apartment until 9PM (as was the case tonight. Then, I'll fix a protein shake, shower, consider whether I need more food, and watch tv or use the internet or sometimes read. I am obsessed with baseball so if there's a game on (Mets, Yankees or ESPN always), I'll typically watch it. I simply can not get into bed without unwinding from the day somehow. If I don't work out at night and I get home between those hours, I typically cook a simple meal and then enter the shower and unwind phase.
So there are some problems here. I know I'm not the only one, because a lot of us seem to be very harried in the morning and rush through everything. But, how do you break the cycle?