I am a SAHM so just do most of this the morning of. I’m not a night person, so I usually just load the dishwasher dishes and put away leftovers after dinner but do the handwashing in the morning. Most people don’t like it this way, but I much prefer it to standing there handwashing pots at night.

- calendar check for next day
- sometimes take a shower at night if I have a really early morning meeting
- put out clothes
- prep lunch
- prep veggies + salad fixings for following night
- prep dinner for following night
-water plants
- line everything up
-rinse dishes
-do some emails and LinkedIn posts

The night before, I look at the family calendar and set alarms for everything. Sometimes my alarms are very detailed, like 11:30 eat lunch before doctor's appt.

I set alarms to back into everything so I don't have to think about it throughout the day.

I also constantly purge clothes for the family. We function much better with fewer items that we actually wear. It's stressful to me to look at a closet full of stuff that I won't wear and have to weed through to find what I like. I buy fewer, nicer things and rarely shop.

I set up coffee, prep clothes, lunch etc most of the time too and it makes a difference. For the actual morning, I want to sit in my comfy chair with my two pugs in my lap and coffee on the side table while I do wordle and some other puzzles. Then I can greet the day.

When I wake up 10 minutes before the alarm clock, and have the luxury of just snuggling my face into my pillow for a bit.

When the dog doesn't vomit and the rabbits don't completely destroy their mini carpets (disposable, but still) during the night... it makes my mornings immeasurably better!

a few minutes of mobility right after I get out of bed. Downward dog, cobra, child's pose.

I already get everything ready the night before.

I do all of this before bed too.

Agree very much on doing everything possible the night before.

Music- things that make you feel good

We walk to school, so a little outside time is already built in. Youngest is walking without me most of the time now, so I make sure to get out for a few minutes on my own. It’s usually not the only time I spend outside, but just those few minutes of fresh air, trees, birds, sky etc help me feel more positive about my day

A nice peristaltic contraction.

orgasm

Anonymous wrote:All the things Op listed is normal pre-mptive stuff for a smooth morning routine.

Not sure why this is post worthy. It's all normal and everybody dies this, no?


I thought this was going to be more like "getting 3 consecutive green traffic lights commuting"...or...."kids woke up in a good mood".

Pee-setting the coffee maker and setting out the breakfast non perishables isn't ground umique.

Agree. I came here ready to tell about a certain dog that I only see some mornings and how happy it makes me to see him (he’s a fat corgi named after a very tall NBA star) and how there’s always one woman at the crosswalk if we are en route to school on time and DD gets excited if she sees “crosswalk lady” because that means we’re on track.

Wrong thread, I’ll see myself out!

Having my husband bring me my morning latte in bed.

Anonymous wrote:Pack child's breakfast in a lunchbox so they can get it themselves.

Listen to the same song every day to keep myself in track in the shower.

^on track

Pack child's breakfast in a lunchbox so they can get it themselves.

Listen to the same song every day to keep myself in track in the shower.