Daily Routines

Zombie · #1 01-22-2010, 12:33 AM

I just ran across this site http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/ and found it really interesting. People have so many quirks that are revealed by what they do every day.

My daily routine is probably considered a right mess by most folks, but it works for me. I sleep while the kids are at school and do all my work at night because I can't function properly before noon no matter how much sleep I've had. I like how 4:30 AM looks, but I have not the fortitude to actually wake myself up at 4 AM to see it, so that works out pretty well.

**mylittledemon** · #2 01-22-2010, 12:46 AM

The only daily routine I really have that is always guaranteed... is that I have to take a #2 in the morning... and it's always after I've had a shower.

Zombie · #3 01-22-2010, 01:10 AM

Thanks for sharing!

**mylittledemon** · #4 01-22-2010, 04:59 PM

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Thanks for sharing!

Well it seemed a little (albeit sick) more interesting than discussing my sleep patterns.

Stew_Matthews · #5 01-22-2010, 05:23 PM

I'm in the morning person camp. I wake up at 5am, take the dogs for a run on the shore and then get into work about 6.30. I love driving through Chicago at that time in the morning, particularly in the summer. I finish mid afternoon. If I know I have to work, I just don't see the point of staying in bed - I may as well get up and get the work done.

vivfox · #6 01-22-2010, 01:50 AM

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I can't function properly before noon no matter how much sleep I've had.

Exactly the way I feel. Luckily I'm self employed. But I do all my work in the afternoon.

Zombie · #7 01-22-2010, 01:59 AM

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Exactly the way I feel. Luckily I'm self employed. But I do all my work in the afternoon.

Ha!

I'm also self-employed. I discovered that while being freelance can be scary, it's worth it to me to be able to yell "I DO WHAT I WANT" and mean it, even though this time of year is never kind to those in my field.

GODDESS6 · #8 01-22-2010, 06:34 AM

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Ha!

I'm also self-employed. I discovered that while being freelance can be scary, it's worth it to me to be able to yell "I DO WHAT I WANT" and mean it, even though this time of year is never kind to those in my field.

i'm self employed too~ but i open my daycare at 6 am, close it at 5 pm~ i can't sleep past 5 am for anything, i don't care if i just went to bed, when it turns 5, my eyes open on their own~ even if i have been tying one on, those damn eyelids, manage to pop right open~

i am very routine-ish~ w/ everything in my life~ i am anal about cleaning & vacuuming everyday, i have to do it or i can't sleep~ i make my bed right when i wake up, even before having to go in for the morning tinkle~

i don't freak tho if things get off track tho, having a kid has taught me tons of patience, i can get things going again w/out a hitch~ & i am one helluva multi tasker

~

HomerMcvie · #9 01-22-2010, 01:19 PM

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Ha!

I'm also self-employed. I discovered that while being freelance can be scary, it's worth it to me to be able to yell "I DO WHAT I WANT" and mean it, even though this time of year is never kind to those in my field.

Me too, on the self-employed. Noon, is the earliest, I EVER want to be up. I'm just not a morning person, and I never will be. And I knew, at about 14, that I HAD to find a job that didn't involve mornings. I literally SHUDDER, just thinking about mornings! Bleck!

David · #10 01-22-2010, 04:41 PM

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Noon, is the earliest, I EVER want to be up.

I'm happy getting up between 7:30 & 8, having breakfast, showering, getting dressed, & starting my day!

But sometimes I like to get up at dawn to do some yoga or meditation, which puts my soul in balance with my body.

Angel69 · #11 01-22-2010, 08:52 PM

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Me too, on the self-employed. Noon, is the earliest, I EVER want to be up. I'm just not a morning person, and I never will be. And I knew, at about 14, that I HAD to find a job that didn't involve mornings. I literally SHUDDER, just thinking about mornings! Bleck!

But wouldn't that make any time you woke up your "morning"?

Zombie · #12 01-22-2010, 09:05 PM

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If I lived alone, I would follow your schedule!

You are a busy bee! I suppose I am also that busy, but just on the opposite side of the clock. I go to sleep after I get the kids on the bus and then wake up when they get home to do dinner, homework, cleaning, etc, until I shove them into bed and then I get my work-work done.

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I had some interesting dreams.

I've been dreaming a lot about zombie invasions lately, but that's just cos I've been playing too much Resident Evil 5.

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Me too, on the self-employed. Noon, is the earliest, I EVER want to be up. I'm just not a morning person, and I never will be. And I knew, at about 14, that I HAD to find a job that didn't involve mornings. I literally SHUDDER, just thinking about mornings! Bleck!

Yeah, I've never been good at mornings. School was a special kind of hell for me because of it. I've read off and on since I graduated high school about them considering starting school later in the day because kids aren't built to function properly that early in the morning, but I haven't seen anyone go through with it yet.

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Well it seemed a little (albeit sick) more interesting than discussing my sleep patterns.

Well...I suppose it could've been worse...

sara1998 · #13 01-22-2010, 09:07 PM

I'm up around 5:15am and out the door by 6. I'm home by 3:40, when I immediately sit on the couch and get on the computer until the girls get home at 4:15. That is my only alone time during the day, so I make sure to do exactly what I want to do in that half hour. After they get home, it's cook, clean, help with homework, showers, and bed. Boring stuff.