• SecretPancake@feddit.de
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    5 months ago

    I don’t know if it’s the best (what defines that?) but it’s what I do.

    I wake up, my dog notices and jumps around in excitement. I greet him, pet him, then take my phone, do the daily NYT Mini Crossword and browse around for a few minutes while he lies down again, waiting patiently. I stand up, go pee, then I take my dog out for a walk. Afterwards I prepare my oatmeal, then prepare my dog’s food (it needs to soak a few minutes), go open all windows to get fresh air in, start the computer and quickly check my mails, then we both eat our breakfast while I check my RSS feeds.

  • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    5 months ago

    As part of my fitness training earlier in my life, I got used to getting up early (somewhere between 5am and 6am). I’m nowhere near as fit as I used to be, but I still get up early.

  • GreyShuck@feddit.ukEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Biggest one for me was swapping from setting the alarm as late as possible and then rushing to get out of the house, to setting it an hour earlier and using that to read, do a little qi gong and have a leisurely breakfast.

    • UprisingVoltage@feddit.it
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      5 months ago

      Absolutely agree. It’s counterintuitive, but waking up earlier than you need to and start your day slowly actually makes you feel more rested and calm (provided you’ve still slept sufficiently)

    • BertramDitore@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I tried the alarm on the other side of the room thing and it consistently ruined my day. Put me in a frustrated and pissed off mood from the start. Now I just force myself to get out of bed immediately when the alarm goes off, no excuses and no snoozing allowed. It sucks, but I’m never late.

      All bets are off on the weekend, alarms are only for a damn good reason.

    • ULS@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      I did this too. Eventually I set the alarm for earlier so I could get out of bed to shut it off and still have time to get back to sleep.

    • governorkeagan@lemdro.idEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I did something similar during Covid while working from home. I bought a pack of NFC tags and stuck one on the other side of my room. When my alarm went off I had to open the app on my phone to scan the tag to switch it off, worked well the majority of the time.

  • BlackRing@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    First thing in the morning I chug a tall glass of water. Somehow that’s actually made a healthy difference.

    • MissJinx@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      First thing I do in the morning is dread life itself and my parents choice to have me, then I wish i would die for 5 min, and then I take a glass of water. Also works

      • Corroded@leminal.spaceEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Not the previous commenter but I do the same thing and I find it makes me feel less foggy in the first couple hours of waking up and helps me want to eat breakfast.

        • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          “helps me want to eat breakfast”

          So my brother used to wake up and slam down like 20oz of water in the morning. He noticed it gave him a huge appetite for breakfast and all throughout the day. Ends up that this is an exersize that competitive eaters do. From my understanding, It stretches your stomach out, and the water drains out pretty quickly leaving it empty and ready for a big meal.

      • BlackRing@midwest.social
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        5 months ago

        My skin doesn’t dry as easily. I no longer feel the need to lotion my hands all the time. Obviously, I drink water during the day but this was the change that started that.

        Everything just felt healthier. I woke up more easily for my 6am start at work.

        Before I started doing that, it sometimes felt like staying hydrated was constant catching up. Now, it’s more just maintaining.

  • PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I stay in bed as long as possible with my SO looking at stupid memes or talking and just snuggling sometimes more. I wouldn’t change the closeness for the world, puts me in a good mood to start the day. Reminds me that the love is what matters, not work bs.

  • Alice@beehaw.org
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    5 months ago

    Keeping my pre-workout drink at my bedside table. It made more of a difference than I expected.

  • HereToLurk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    This one’s more for the ones with ADHD but I keep a drink bottle and my ritalin next to my bed. When my alarm goes off I take the ritalin and chug the water (or something like juice if I really need the novelty). I don’t have much of a chance of falling back asleep and wasting my morning after that and it means I can actually spend the morning doing whatever I need to. We’re in autumn here in Aus so I keep a blanket by the bed that I throw over myself for the walk to the bathroom in the morning because I’m such a wimp about the cold. Also, not morning, but morning related: I leave my wallet and outfit I want to wear tomorrow in the bathroom over night so it’s there when I go to shower in the morning, and I’ll sometimes prepare breakfast the night before, which both make my mornings so much easier.
    I really struggle with functioning at the same times as most other people (DSPS) and I’m bad with time management so any little things like that help vastly.

    • Linssiili@sopuli.xyz
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      5 months ago

      My partner sets two alarms, one an hour earlier when they take the adhd medicine and go back to sleep. It has sped up their bed -> outside time significantly.

  • Bye@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It took about a decade to undo the conditioning I gained in college and grad school to wake up every day at noon. Now, ten years later in my early 40s, I’m able to wake up at 10 am.

  • leadore@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    I have a set of stretches I’ve been doing every morning (or 95% of mornings) upon getting out of bed, for over 30 years. The only thing that’s different these days is that I have to go pee first.

  • Che Banana@beehaw.org
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    5 months ago

    Commuted to work by bicycle.

    it’s a 10 minute ride.

    flash forward 25 minute ride…just commuting

    flash forward 45 minute ride…still just commuting

    ended up at 1hr 25 minutes, then alternated with running in the winter & swimming on my lunch break in the summer (I was at a small university).

    Turns out my brain is super gullible and is easily fooled by…my brain.

    • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I’m glad it works for you, but I always hated getting to work very sweaty and then being smelly for the rest of the day when I biked.

      • Che Banana@beehaw.org
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        5 months ago

        Well, I had uniforms to change into, plus locker room facilities.

        The point, really, was that you can fool yourself into getting a routine/exercise.

  • mub@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Not eating breakfast. Seriously. Breakfast is to blame for a lot of obesity. The idea that breakfast is the most important meal of the day is an invention.

    • Ilflish@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      I came to post always eating breakfast. I prepare overnight oats and eat it when I wake up and its helped a lot with concentration. There’s definitely something to be said about a lot of marketed greasy or sugary breakfasts

  • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago

    taking a shower first thing (well, second-- first is a cigarette) while listening to a general news podcast. not only does it wake me up, but it keeps me updated on the general goings-on in the world while getting my brain going. it also keeps me on time rather than dilly-dallying in the shower. 15 minutes in enough time to wash and do some minor stretching in the shower. then a second podcast (usually one on a specific story-of-the-day) while i shave and brush my teeth.