Morning Routine
10 Dec 2007 Quan Quach 5 comments 26 views
As most of us have heard at one time or another, humans are creatures of habits. We tend to do the same thing over and over again . . . without even realizing it!! For this post, I’d like to discuss what I do each morning when I get to work. For the most part, my routine is pretty set. Sometimes I might change it up by going to McDonalds to pick up some breakfast. Other times, I might not wake up in time and arrive at work after lunch. But for the most part, its the same thing everyday. So without further ado, here is the list of things I do each morning.
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Check my e-mail. Usually I have about 10-15 emails, with 10 of them being junk mail. I spend the next 5 minutes responding to the other 5 e-mails.
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Check voicemail. For some reason, I usually dread checking my voicemail. It usually means that people at work are looking for me to perform some task. So I’m usually relieved when my phone’s voicemail light is off, meaning that there are no voicemails.
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Spend the next couple of minutes browsing my favorite sites which include: hoopshype, foxsports basketball, yahoo news, google analytics, and finally my google reader. On a non-busy day, I might spend 20-30 minutes reading up on everything. On Fridays, I also search out the latest naruto manga and read that.
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Set my music playlist to prepare for the long day ahead. These days, I use songza for that.
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And finally, take a quick break before I start doing my work.
Well, thats the rundown of my morning routine. I’m interested to hear what everyone else does to get started in the morning!
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Before work (1.5hrs):
1. Check (in this order) email, bank a/c, eBay (possibly Paypal), google analytics, finance.yahoo.com, sports.yahoo.com, yahoo.com
2. Call bf
3. Do my skincare routine
4. Do my hair routine
5. Do my makeup routine
6. Get dressed
7. Drive to work
At work:
1. Check voicemail/work email
2. read google reader (comment on blogs if I feel like it)
3. Get bfast at the cafeteria if I get in before 9 am and am hungry (about 75% of the time I get in before 9am)
4. Get to work.
*beep beep beep* hit the snooze button. sleep some more. *beep beep beep* hit the snooze button. sleep some more. *beep beep beep* finally wake up. go straight to the bathroom to get ready. get dressed. grab breakfast and lunch on the way out and eat while i’m commuting. during the max days, i would listen to my pod while taking another nap on my ride in. walk from the max station to work. drop my lunch off in the fridge. open up my laptop. check my cell for voicemails/texts. check my personal email, yahoo sports, facebook, myspace, xanga, 401k sometimes, intel homepage for the stock price, work email, and cnnmoney. grab a snack from my desk and eat breakfast round 2. then start work.
On a weekday,
Wake up at 4 in the morning ( that’s right ), get a cup of coffee to go with a ciggerette. check my email and not reply to any of them since I dont have much time in the morning. Get to work by 6 in the morning and work till 6 in the evening ( 12 hrs ).
Come home check my email, reply to all the ones that need replies. Think what I am going to write on my blog today. Think again and again and finally email somebody if they would like to guest post. Get couple articles ready for future. Go to the basement, smoke cigg with a glass of milk ( balancing the good and bad ), and then crash and start all over again.
on most mornings
i wake up to eileen’s groggy “shienan…it’s times to wake up”
and go back to sleep for about another hour and a half
then when i finally do wake up
its in a jerk-like motion
and it always starts with “damn it, i’m late”
then i make my way to the bathroom
and brush my teeth/wash my face/put in contacts
and im ready to go
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