Morning routines?

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I don't have a morning routine. Heck, I don't have one of any kind! I just do as I please whenever I please. Plus lately I've been a total night owl so I don't even end up waking up again until 2:00 or 3:00 PM

I use the loo first thing in the morning, before washing and breakfast.

When I was madly OCD, I used to take about 20 minutes in the bathroom getting washed, checking and doublechecking every nook and cranny. This is because the bullies at school used to say "you smell", which I took literally. Nowadays, I spend about 10 minutes having a morning wash and the same amount of time doing my hair in the shower.

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I always have routines, but I always change them, depending on where I am and what I have to do.

Once I used to always buy the same things (shampoo, conditioner, bodylotion, tahini, dark chocolate, facial moisturizer, not always all at the same time) in the same shop and after a while (a year or two) the proprietors noticed and got a bit weird around me (before that they had been very fond of me) but then someone must have told them about autistic traits and then they were fond of me again. I've never done that anywhere else though, although I guess I tend to not buy a lot and usually similar stuff, but I think everyone does that.

For the past few months I've posted on WP every other Sunday, I don't plan it, it just comes around and I start to feel 'oh, it's time'.

I don't fixate or depend on it, it's just to make things easier I guess.

coffee

Coffee, and I awake to this place again, my dreams are better.

I live a 26-27 hour day, so waking migrates.

Ebay, wrong planet, then the news, decoding lies.

I think i'm allergic to mornings - i avoid them where possible - if i cant they make me feel ill and completely spoil the rest of the day....

I am a creature of the night, so my morning routine usually involves sleep and nothing else (though obviously not today, since it is 9:00 A.M.).

When I am up in the morning, I shower and groom, dress for the day, make the bed and straighten up the apartment (I can't leave home until it's done), feed the cats if necessary, read the news online via email newsletters (The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, (Raleigh) News and Observer, Charlotte Observer, Wilmington Star-News, The Guardian, The Scotsman, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and Sydney Morning Herald), check out ESPN, The Daily Kos, Huffington Post and Wrong Planet, and finally eat breakfast with a cup of tea.

I am probably the only native Southerner who hates iced tea but loves it hot; all the caffeine in coffee makes me jittery.

oh gee...it really all depends...
I am still actually slogging through my routine as we speak..and it is almost 1 p.m.
There are several different variables that affect it such as the night before...since I run a venue and all...and can be up very late the night before...I was last night..
Also if my friend sleeps over, then I will wake up at 5:45 to see him off..and try to complete parts of the routine before going back to bed...which is inevitable...
Grooming is not an automatic part of the routine since i am semi-self-employed...
I want to make my routine better, and I am always writing out ideas for routines that I can never ever stick to...which involve morning exercise and grooming...but it never works out... ...
I am in the "limbo" part of the routine currently...which means I am here on WP...where I am likely to remain for at least an hour.

I have woken up
I have fed the cats...Tofu has taken to crying in the morning if she doesn't get wet food...
I have gotten dressed (same clothes I wore yesterday-due to comfort and practicality)
I have spent 15-20 minutes hunting down my cell phone and socks...
I have eaten a luna bar, because my partner was not verbally enthusiastic enough about the prospect of my making oatmeal....due to executive dysfunction, just making oatmeal is a scattered and cumbersome ordeal.
I washed my oh-so-many brain and digestive supplements and my too-small dose of adderall down with a big glass of water and a can of red bull..and I am still waiting for the mental stamina to kick in so I can concentrate on getting started on the office work.

I try to start the office work by making a list of all the stuff I need to remember to do...which I have to remind myself of every day....check the e-mails and phone messages...
This is a fairly typical morning for me these days.

I have lists of what I want my mornings to be like....maybe in my next post I will post one of those..