What is your morning ritual?

United States
January 25, 2007 9:50am CST
Do you do the same thing every morning when you wake up? And if you have kids, do you try to stick to the same routine? I know it's harder when you have kids...that's why my morning routine consists of this... I wake up, go downstairs, go potty, turn on puter, make coffee, light cigarette, sit and come to Mylot. It's like my newspaper...after I do this and wake up for about 20 min. then I go get the kids up and start getting breakfast and getting them ready for school. How do you start your day? Do you get the kids up the same time you get up, or do you have to wake up first? (my old man thinks I'm weird for getting up and trying to get my wits about me before i have to deal with the kids) If you don't have kids, do you do the EXACT same things every morning (since you have noone to interupt your routine)? Or do you mix it up a bit?
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@Spid4r (176)
• India
25 Jan 07
Yes i have evry day morning ritual . I call it "the terminator". First I crouch down in the shower in the classic "naked terminator traveling through time" pose. With my eyes closed I crouch there for a minute, visualizing either Arnold or the guy from the second movie (not the chick in the third one because that one sucked) and I start to hum the terminator theme. Then I slowly rise to a standing position and open my eyes. It helps me to proceed through my day as an emotionless, cyborg badass. The only problem is if the shower curtain sticks to my terminator leg. It ruins the fantasy. I think maybe I read too many comic books when I was a kid...
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• United States
25 Jan 07
LMAO!!!! Oh my goodness,that is hilarious!!! I can't quit laughing. I think you did read too many comic books and I think you've watched those Terminator movies one too many times, lol. Does the shower curtain ever stick to your Terminator BUTT? lol...I'm still giggling, thank you!
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@shywolf (4514)
• United States
25 Jan 07
It depends on whether I have somewhere to go earlier in the day, of course. When I don't, I usually just get up and come straight to the computer and spend most of my time here until lunch. I get up fairly late and my family has an early lunch, so sometimes I don't make it up until lunchtime. This will differ later in the year, though, when I'll have to get up and get myself in order to go out for the day before I have my lunch. That means getting a bath and washing and doing my hair, etc, of course. Anyway, I don't have a very interesting morning ritual, but oh well! *laugh*
• United States
25 Jan 07
Well, thanks for sharing anyways!! I would KILL to be able to sleep past 8 am just ONE day!!! AHHH I miss sleep! It must be nice, lol....
• Italy
25 Jan 07
wake up..if God wants...
• United States
25 Jan 07
Eh, it's sort of the same morning ritual, sometimes I take a little away, and put in a little...sometimes I put on make-up, but most of the times I don't. Usually I wake up an hour before class, I brush my teeth, get dressed for the day, and check my e-mail before I leave. That's usually it. lol.
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@forfein (2507)
25 Jan 07
Hi Alarm goes off at 7.20 Bathroom - Shave etc etc Bedroom - Dressed Downstairs, Kitchen - Muesli into bowl, milk on top. Put the kettle on, make tea, put TV on watch morning news. 7.55 Drive to work! SAME THING EVERY DAY!!! Why do you think I want to retire!!
• United States
25 Jan 07
lol! Try this.... Alarm goes off at 7 am... Go to bathroom-shave etc. Bedroom, dress, go downstairs, go to kitchen...skip that nasty cereal you are eating ;-) , make coffee instead of tea, turn on computer instead of tv...then speed to work because you stayed on puter too long and you are all hyped up on coffee with no breakfast, lol....Atleast it would be a little different..... :-)
• Ireland
25 Jan 07
I didn't have a computer when my children were growing up so life was much easier. I used to get up very early in the mornings and prepare their breakfast and get their clothes ready. To-day I think it would be much better if I didn't have the darn computer (and I'm not going to part with it), as I have no routine, not just for mornings, but for any time of day. I get up whenever I feel like it, as long as I'm up before the postman arrives, because if I have to open the door, I don't want to look like I just crawled out of the bed. First think I do is check my mail and then eat breakfast. I take my tea back in to the computer and I stay there until I have responded to all my emails. Even when I doing my household chores, I leave my pc switched on, and I am back every few minutes checking my emails or to see what's new on MyLot. I think I will have to make out a timetable and stick to it, otherwise this darn computer will take over my life (what's left of it).
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• United States
25 Jan 07
lol...I leave my puter on too, but most of the time I can't sit for more than five minutes or my daughter will have destroyed the whole house....I don't know what's up with her today..I've been on here for almost a whole hour!!! Life was easier without the computer, wasn't it? But, I'm not willing to give mine up either, lol. I do not watch tv so this is my thing. Listen to the stereo and play on computer, I mean work on the computer, ha ha.
@swapnshop (219)
• Canada
26 Jan 07
Currently I have no set routine and thats just how I like it. Howevever I'm planning on getting back out into the work world and go back to doing my online stuff part time, so pretty soom I'm sure I'll have a fairly consistent routine again. Wake up, check the weather, get dressed, go to tim hortons and then head to work.
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• Canada
26 Jan 07
Wow sorry about the spelling and punctuation in my above post. Remember all, proof read!!! This goes mostly for me.
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@tammbuch (41)
• United States
26 Jan 07
The first thing i do is go potty then I have to have my coffee Dont mess with me till I have my first cup lol. Then I get the ole man off to work, after that i usually turn on the pc and check my email drink the rest of my cofee and coninue with the rest of the days chores
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@ownado (1679)
• Portugal
26 Jan 07
Yes, I do have the same routine every day in the morning, I wake up, go to bathroom, dress up, have breakfast, brush my theet and wash my face, pack my things and go to school. That's what I usually do everyday morning.
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@inovator (603)
• Philippines
26 Jan 07
well,im a single one....and my routine is....when i wake up in the morning..i will just look my cellphone,,,,if there a message,,,,then turn on t.v,,,,breakfast is my last ritual....but if i have a class...my daily routine...is go to the bathroom immediately!!lol
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• India
26 Jan 07
not in a routine
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• Philippines
26 Jan 07
drinking tea..while smoking for me..
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@honeyangel (1991)
26 Jan 07
get up at 7.30 get the kids up at the same time.put on puter,make coffee get the kids breakfasts,then get them ready for school out the door at 8.26 for bus,then home and sit in front of computer allday doing housework in dribs and drabs
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• Portugal
26 Jan 07
for me 30 minutes are enough. I take a quick bath, eat something, get dressed and I'm ready to another journey.
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• Canada
26 Jan 07
I almost always do the same thing every morning too. It depends on wether or not I wake up late or not, but that doesn't happen very often.. but I still have to say "almost always" I get up, start the coffee, go potty, go out to my office, start up the computer and have a smoke. Then I have to make my way back in the house and wake up the kids and the hubby. Get everyone cleaned up and fed, then they're on their way, and my morning is almost over.
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@anne_143god (5387)
• Philippines
26 Jan 07
Yes I have a morning ritual I always do in the morning when I wake up it is natural to me to do that sometimes even I dont have to wake up my mind is already set that I should do this and that.
• India
26 Jan 07
well...i wake up at 7:30am....go downstairs...get ready for college...go to the bus stop at 8:30...wait for the bus...and to college at 10:00....and then the day goes on....
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@jolanda33 (720)
• Netherlands
26 Jan 07
i have the same ritual every morning! i work late in the evening, so in the morning i wake up because one of my kids is calling me! that will be between 7.30 - 8.00 hours! first i go downstears make two bottles of milk, the oldest one goes in my bed and drinks her bottle , i change the other one, and give her a bottle too!if i have nothing to do i stay in bed untill 9, then i get a shower with the oldest one, the other one into bed for 10 minutes! downstears i make breakfast for myself, and the oldest one(the milk is not enough)then the day starts!
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• United States
26 Jan 07
Ha Ha my husband thinks i am strange for having the same rutine EVERYDAY.. I wake up at 4:30 let me 2 dogs out. go to the bathroom, make me a cup of coffee and let the dogs in. I feed and water them and the cat. the i proceed to get dressed. spend 10 min in the am checking my email. then i wake the kids up and get them ready for school. I wake my husband up so he get them off to school and I am gone by 545 am. so yes everyday i di the exact same thing . kinda weird i guess but keeps me focused and in order
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26 Jan 07
I do have a morning ritual, wake up, shower, breakfast, computer goes on, starts working for me :D and then I normally go upstairs and do something whilst its working then return later, ready to chat for an hour.
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@khitkhat (373)
• Philippines
26 Jan 07
well, my class starts at 8 in the morning so i wake up at 7 am. my school ain't that far away from my house so i dont really hurry up. when i wake up, i go straight to the bathroom and take a cold shower for me to really get my body alive. after that, i go to the dining room and turn on the tv... i watch my daily morning cartoons in disney channel (yes, i love cartoons)... and then i eat while watching. after that, i do my bathroom rituals and dress up then go go school...=) so many things to do in just one hour. hehehehe.
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