Tired of feeling out of control with your days? Try this simple, 5 step, morning routine and master your mornings, to master your days. This is how I'm doing it, as a husband and father of two.
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Make your bed
There is this famous speech from 2014, from US Admiral McRaven that explains why. He says that you should make your bed if you want to change the world. It's the little things that build confidence and control.
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Drink a cup of water
This gets the morning juices flowing. It helps with my nose getting clogged over the night and my bowel movements. It gets the ball rolling for my body, kicking things into action.
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Take a vitamin or supplement
I have been taking a supplement or a vitamin every day, for the past 5 years. I am taking Gingko Biloba lately. While doing this I also get ready the Vitamin D pills for my kids and my wife's supplement, as an extra.
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Take a shower
Every day is a fresh start, a clean slate. Whatever the shortcomings or the problems of the day before, today is a new day. Shower time also helps in coming up with creative ideas or learning a new language (I wrote an atomic essay on that).
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Wake up 20 minutes earlier than everybody else
This is my #1 trick. Those 20 minutes of quiet help as I need to have a clear head. As soon as kids wake up, it's all about them in the house: making sure they're properly dressed, fed and ready for school. I need it.
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TL;DR: Morning Routine for Busy Parents
- Make your bed
- Drink a cup of water
- Take a vitamin or supplement
- Take a shower
- Wake up 20 minutes earlier than everybody else in the house
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George R. NICA
@georgenica
I talk about my move from devops & K8S to dev with Serverless, Python, JS and Go • Cloud Solutions Architect with 21 years in the field.