How do you get awake, energized, and in the zone each morning and ready to perform?
Coffee? Tea? Nootropics?
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Wake up, coffee, quick snack, stretch/wake up for about 15 mins, exercise (~1hr), then shower and another coffee and start my day.
Wake up, get the espresso machine brewing, throw up last nights toxins while muttering “fuck my life” in between dry-heaves, brush the dentals and steam it out in the shower, throw an addy or two down the gullet, grab the espresso and get ready to rock. Why? Because I’m frat as FUCK.
That’s frat
Wake up, stretch and meditate, walk to the gym a couple blocks away, weight lift, shower, then hit it. Trying to decide if I should meditate before or after the gym though.
I meditate after. It's a nice cool down for me.
I did both and I think I like that when working from home since it's a great cool down, but when going to the office I'll do it before.
I personally like meditating after my morning runs. Usually, I'll finish my run and do a stretch meditation, where I work on my breathing while slowly stretching. Helps me achieve that Zen like state to be introspective and think about the meaning of the world and my place in it. 10 out of 10, I get this sort of natural high. Also great for cooling down.
yeah tbh that's what I like about it too, I went to Japan 2 years ago and checked out a Zen Buddhist monastery on a whim in Kyoto and it was a pretty cool experience. Recently I've been looking into early Christian meditation with the Desert Fathers and whatnot and it's helped too. Hate running though so need to find another form of cardio, been thinking about getting back into swimming.
Wake up 10 minutes before I need to be online. Get online 5 minutes late. Panic while I load my emails.
Rinse. repeat.
This post hit deep
same here
Yep.
Run/Workout, shower, meditate for 10-15 minutes, put the day on paper (i.e. plan & prioritize), read some Institutional Investor/Newsletters, and I am good to start.
10 min peloton sprint work out. For me it's better than 30 min putzing around in the gym
Snort a line of coke then I have my first cup of coffee for the day
Keeping it simple, this is why you will be rich!
Smelling Salts -> Chug Bottle of Water -> Crunches and Pushups -> Shower -> Blow -> Coffee. Works 60% of the time every time.
The other 40% of the time you go full Mel Gibson in your ex-girlfriends DMs
I can’t tell if this is a troll. 
Do smelling salts actually work? I have trouble actually getting out of bed.
Wake up 10 minutes after i should be online, check social media accounts, shower, watch CNBC for a few, get on laptop by 10 lol
Haha same
Gotta love wfh
5 am - rise
5:05 am - ice pack on my eyes + cocaine + shot of whiskey
5:10 am - cold shower blasting either house techno, country, or 80s/90s rock
5:15 am - hot coffee with Baileys Irish Cream & Godiva liquor + a Dunhill cigarette
5:20 am - remove ice pack + cocaine + bong rip to take the edge off
5:30 am - 3 mile jog
6:10 am - stomach crunches, I can do 1000 now + 10x10 burpees + 15x5 full extension wide-grip slow-release pull-ups
7 am - cocaine + bong rip
7:05 am - hot shower blasting more house techno, country, or 80s/90s rock
7:15 am - hot coffee with Baileys Irish Cream & Godiva liquor + Dunhill
7:20 am - cocaine + bong rip
7:25 am - cocaine + Dunhill
7:30 am - check emails and turn on the news; start planning my agenda
7:35 am - glass of wine; Merlot if the day feels like shit will hit the fan, Cabernet Sauvignon if I'm optimistic, a red blend if feeling flat
7:45 am - cocaine + tequila sunrise
7:50 am - cocaine + bong rip
8 am - 100mg CBD gummies to level off
8:05 am - cocaine + Dunhill
8:10 am - 8 oz protein shake + 10 oz plant-based "green" shake
8:20 am - cocaine + bong rip
8:30 am - start replying to emails, read today's newsletters
8:55 am - shot of whiskey + 30mg XR adderall so I can focus
9am - official start to the workday
/s
Preach
The trade off is my sleep is less than amazing :/
Hunter S. Bateman
ATM, GF wakes up about 15 min before me and makes coffee with a light breakfast on days I'm working from home. On days I have to go to go run this portfolio co, I throw myself out of bed, pack my stuff and jump in the car. Usually have a protein shake + caffeine pill prior.
love that the gf does that for you. dont take it for granted!
The combination of kids and working from home has destroyed any semblance of routine in the morning. (I realize that's less relevant for the bulk of the readership here, but it's something to think about in the future.)
I don't miss it, though. I used to be very particular about my morning preparation sequence, and now it's more chaotic because kids have different and unpredictable needs depending on the day. I have found that getting up and getting kids fed and ready for the day jump-starts my mind better than any of my individual routines ever did.
YMMV, though.
Wake up 20 minutes before commuting to work.
Routine sucks.
I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
helllo phill reid :)
espresso with dark chocolate almond milk, shave, nitraflex in shower, run
you shower before you run?
Yeah its a warmup shower and I just shaved too so want to washup.
wake up, make a coffee, journal for a few minutes, scroll through social media, login and start the day
in your experience, what have the benefits of journaling been?
for me, mental clarity. if i have a lot of thoughts swirling around in my head it helps to write them down and sort it out piece by piece. if it gets really complex then i need to draw things out or use a spreadsheet lol, but usually journaling is sufficient
in any one day, i think about career progression and optionalities, my food choices, relationships, family, workout regimen, etc. Writing it out helps keep my mind less congested
wake up an hour before I need to be online, rub one out, back to bed, wake up 5min before I need to be online
its like how michael scott likes to wake up to the smell of bacon except here its nutt
Wake up, rip the juul, and turn on the kettle. As the water boils I rub one out on pornhub premium, and I've gotten my timing almost perfectly to where I'm busting right as the water is done, and get to pour 16oz of water into three bags of green tea.
i wake up, go back to bed, repeat that cycle until I need to actually gtfup. Work from my bed for a bit, maybe then go hit dunks/mcdicks for a coffee. Take the long way home when I try to avoid the anxiety that comes from work. Come back, turn my speakers up, blast some rap and get to work. Also I'll shower, sometimes have a beer (in shower), sometimes eat breakfast (not in shower).
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Wake up, peep into my phone with dim eyes, go for a strong tea, get dressed, go to my office, and make a fresh start.
Snooze my 7:45 alarm till about 8:25 in preparation for our daily 8:30 am internal call. Log into it on my phone as my dead laptop reboots from yesterday. Chug water and coffee till 11 and then make a breakfast sandwich. Pretty sad honestly.
I have been at the desk for ~8 months now. Nothing gets me ready for the day more than a lunchables and a sugar-free monster.
excuse my ignorance but wtf is a lunchables?
prepackaged meal popular w children
Wake up between 6/7, turn AC off & heat on, turn on kettle and fill French press with coffee I ground the night before, jump back in bed and browse phone/email/news/etc. while kettle boils
Once Kettle is boiled, pour into French press, back into bed to continue reading while coffee percolates
Once coffee is ready, pour, have first cup with a cig on my balcony
Once I’ve finished taking another 10 minutes off my life, I get back inside it’s nice and warm and I’m ready to lock myself in the home office for the grind
wake up, make some coffee, eat breakfast, shower, then go to work
For 6+ months now I have had the same morning routine:
1. Wake up an hour before needing to log on to get a run in and workout
2. Realize I am tired as hell and running on 4-5 hours of sleep, snooze alarm
3. Wake up 5 minutes late to my next call, toss on the same polo I wear for every singe Zoom call wondering if I will get to shower today
4. Rinse and repeat
Roll out of bed, splash cold water on my face, monitor my rapidly depleting stock portfolio. Rinse and repeat
Wake up, masturbate in bed, turn on coffee machine, shower, have coffee and start hating my life early in the morning
cofee is always the best option for me.
I used to be a coffee lover, but now I only drink green tea. I feel like it gives me the same amount of energy, if not more, and it's a lot healthier.
My mom gifted me a bag of goodies for Christmas, including some organic tea, and now I'm obsessed with it. I also tried matcha, but I hated it, it tastes like grass, but I've heard people raving about it, so I had to give it a try.
Many people underestimate green tea, but it's delicious.
Depends, if I work out the evening before then I am good. When I do not, say due to muscles hurting from last nights workout. I get a coffee from Starbucks, the drive and coffee seems to wake me up.
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