Used to be:
- Wake up naturally between 5-6 (usually closer to 5)
- Drink coffee and do the NYT Crossword
- Read news (Bloomberg and Axios emails)
- If it's warm weather (I live in San Diego, so 75% of the year), run 2.5 miles or do 20 minutes of weights (if cold, running gets moved to later when it's warm enough to run)
- Knock off some easy stuff on my to-do list (if I exercise and just do a few productive things early in the day, I tend to be highly productive and in great mental health)
- Eat breakfast (usually scrambled eggs with veggies)
By now it's about 9am, so when I was working I'd usually have standup.
Now, with toddler (and currently pregnant wife in the throes of morning sickness who can't do nearly as much as usual as a result):
- Wake up between 5-6am
- If I wake up before toddler, slam coffee and try to poop in peace before he wakes up. When he wakes up, get him out of crib, change and feed him.
- If I wake up to the sound of toddler screaming because he is awake, get out of bed, change and feed him. Desperately try to finish a cup of coffee and poop before he is done with bottle. Probably fail at this and put on an episode of Bluey so I can poop in peace.
- Entertain toddler until wife texts me that she is awake. Bring her coffee in bed. Make sure to do this without toddler seeing, so he does not rush in behind me.
- When wife gets up, try to be productive and/or eat.
- Exercise whenever I can.
- Be grateful that I now own a business that mostly does not require a ton of work unless I'm making an acquisition.
- Question how I could have lived like this if I were working full time.
My morning was always my favorite time, when I could start my day off just right mentally and physically. My child has stolen that time from me. I love him from the depths of my soul and would give up my well-being for him for the rest of my life if I had to. But hey I know teenagers don't get out of bed at 5am so I'll probably get my morning back at some point!
By now it's about 9am, so when I was working I'd usually have standup.
Now, with toddler (and currently pregnant wife in the throes of morning sickness who can't do nearly as much as usual as a result): - Wake up between 5-6am - If I wake up before toddler, slam coffee and try to poop in peace before he wakes up. When he wakes up, get him out of crib, change and feed him. - If I wake up to the sound of toddler screaming because he is awake, get out of bed, change and feed him. Desperately try to finish a cup of coffee and poop before he is done with bottle. Probably fail at this and put on an episode of Bluey so I can poop in peace. - Entertain toddler until wife texts me that she is awake. Bring her coffee in bed. Make sure to do this without toddler seeing, so he does not rush in behind me. - When wife gets up, try to be productive and/or eat. - Exercise whenever I can. - Be grateful that I now own a business that mostly does not require a ton of work unless I'm making an acquisition. - Question how I could have lived like this if I were working full time.
My morning was always my favorite time, when I could start my day off just right mentally and physically. My child has stolen that time from me. I love him from the depths of my soul and would give up my well-being for him for the rest of my life if I had to. But hey I know teenagers don't get out of bed at 5am so I'll probably get my morning back at some point!