value of routines?
Nov. 25th, 2007 05:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redsageI'll be starting work on December 3. (Eee!) It's been five years since I had any sort of regular schedule; I've been in school (and doing other stuff) in that time, and generally haven't had to be anywhere at the same time 5 days a week. I don't have any sort of routine, and haven't in years and years. Even when I did, it was mostly haphazard as I was just trying to make sure I looked ok, didn't smell bad, and wasn't sick with hunger as I left the house.
I've been thinking about setting up a morning routine. On the one hand, there are things I'd like to do every day (hygiene, fitness, food, etc.) and setting up a standard order of doing things is more likely to help me remember them, but on the other I've never been overly fond of routine and I tend to forget some stuff and then get upset about it, and then stop entirely because it's upsetting.
What about you? Do you have daily or weekly routines? What do you like about them? Have you found some things are more likely to be forgotten than others, and any pointers?
I've been thinking about setting up a morning routine. On the one hand, there are things I'd like to do every day (hygiene, fitness, food, etc.) and setting up a standard order of doing things is more likely to help me remember them, but on the other I've never been overly fond of routine and I tend to forget some stuff and then get upset about it, and then stop entirely because it's upsetting.
What about you? Do you have daily or weekly routines? What do you like about them? Have you found some things are more likely to be forgotten than others, and any pointers?
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Date: 2007-11-25 04:22 pm (UTC)I always follow "get out of bed" with "take meds". Next step depends on whether I am eating something quick to make on the stove top, or slow to make or that requires a preheated oven. Yoga and stretching happen after the shower, because the hot water helps warm up and loosen my muscles a bit. Dressing, cooking and eating are dependent on what I want to wear, what I am eating, and how clumsy I feel. More clumsy or more messy food means I eat more naked/in a t shirt that is lying around.
My alarm is set for 8 (though I prefer it when I wake up naturally, at around 7:40), and I should walk out the door at 8:45 to 8:50.
I come home for lunch or eat lunch out, so don't have to deal with that, I have no kids, and some things like scooping the litterbox can happen in the morning if there is time, but can happen at some other time. Morning internet check is also semi-optional. I like to have 10-15 minutes in which I am cooking, getting dressed, and on YIM with my East Coast friends and sweetie or early-rising local friends, but that doesn't happen every day.