What do you look forward to in the morning?
 

For as long as I can remember I've been a night owl. I've tried many different things over the years to wake up without hitting snooze 10 times and be more productive in the mornings to no avail.

I read something interesting lately that recommended setting a morning routine that includes a "reward" or something to look forward to first thing.

Problem is there isn't much I look forward to in the context of morning. I don't drink or enjoy coffee (maybe why I've never become a morning person). I do enjoy breakfast foods, but the idea of cooking them is not as appealing as staying in bed.

Same thing for exercise. I enjoy working out in late afternoon, but in the morning it feels like torture.

Any suggestions or just want to share your morning routine?

i'm watching... i can naturally stay awake well into the early morning hours without even thinking about it, but trying to maintain getting up for work in the morning is a pain... everyone swears i'll get used to it, but never really have.

Get a dog. Not just any dog, but one that stares you down before you wake up to go for a walk before work. If you don't have one, there will be a learning curve that eventually has you looking forward to caring for your best friend and you at the same time. Very rewarding in almost any weather.

I wake up and sorta remember what getting ready for work and commuting used to be. Now the work from home thing, I look forward to going through the ritual of making espresso and watching cartoons. I have an essential function at my university because of the plant collection and plant research so I will roll into work around 11.

Maybe I look forward not to dragging my corpse out of bed to participate in mornings anymore?

I look forward to waking up every morning. Gonna hate it if I ever don't!

That’s the one thing life owes you and you’re going to hate it? Also, I mean you’re really not going to be able to hate it.

Speak for yourself!

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I always hated waking up early, but it was never a problem. My solution was to work night shift. For me it is so much easier getting up at 3pm and going to bed at 8am. I have no solution for waking up early though

What do you look forward to in the morning?

Just waking up on top of the grass.

Getting home from work and going to sleep.

Just remember that there is a big difference between morning wood and mourning wood!

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Kind of like the difference between color and colour?

If your morning wood has either color or colour you had best see a doctor!

I like to heat a cup of milk and make instant coffee and then read until my wife wakes up. Can’t stay up late to save my life. Been waking up early for factory labor since I was eighteen. Still can’t stay up past 11:00pm or sleep-in later than about 6 even though my schedule is now my own.

I like to stoke the fire in the morning. That`s what you do if it starts to go out

So what I'm hearing from you and everybody else is: you're weather a morning person or you're not. There's no changing your "nature".

That’s certainly the case for me. I’ve been conditioned by 20 years in the industry. But as long as I have some kind of coffee to sip on and something to read I tend to enjoy leisurely mornings. On weekends I usually do stovetop espresso and steamed milk because I wake up so much earlier than my wife, who has a relatively normal health care (nuclear technologist) job. I’ve been indulging more lately in seasonal chocolates to go with my coffee, so that’s been fun.

I worked nights for a couple of decades and then had to switch to days. It literally took me a few years to get used to it and not drag my arse to work. Now I rarely sleep past 5:30 :cry:

I actually look forward to my short drive into work in the morning. I wake up at 4am and I'm at work by 4:45am. It's always dark and the roads are empty. I eat breakfast at work. COVID didn't affect me too much as my work is deemed 'essential' (defense), and I'm still going in about half the time, and then working from home the other half. When I'm working from home, I look forward to sleeping in and waking up without the alarm clock, which is usually before 6am.

I think that some of use have a natural clock. I like to go to bed at a couple O clock in the morning and not have to get up before the crack of 10.
Lived my whole life running on someone else clock.
Sent to boarding school and had to get up at 6, it was hell for me. Got home and my mother would have me tested for sleeping sickness.
Got a second shift job, that worked.
Collage was alright as i picked classes after 10 AM.
Work was hard again as i had to be there by 7:30.
Ran a R&D shop so working late was smiled upon.
Kept a note pad by the bed as some how i was able to work out problems at night. Clamed i did my best work in bed.
My father was a colonel and seldom missed a sunrise.
Now in retirement I still have a hard time getting up at 8:30.
People keep telling me it will be easier as old people need less sleep, I am still waiting.

I always had a hard time waking up in the morning as well, unless I have to go to work. I work shift rotation, usually 2 days followed by 3 nights or the opposite (Police Officer). It really messes up your system and no wonder why people in law enforcement tend to have shorter lives.

On my days off, and especially during COVID, I have a hard time finding some sense of purpose. I completely renovated my house so this big 3 year project is done. I am getting a puppy in the coming days, so that should help to get me out of bed.

I am more of a night owl so I tend to go to bed way past midnight on my off days. I also prefer night shifts to day shifts for some reason, most likely because there is much less drama.

I find a shower and a cup of coffee in the morning really helps. And gym before night shifts.

I look forward to the covid thread when I wake up in the morning. Oh wait, this isn't the trolling thread... My bad.

You know you do lol

Shift work is no good for a variety of reasons. Black out shades are worth the investment. Did several years of shift work in the mil and I'm just glad I'm done with it.

What coffee do bots prefer?

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That was my highlight too.. now lost.. probably won't sleep until something else fills that hole..

Might as well just not get up in the morning any more...

Me too, along with a lighted pilots pen so when I wake up with the solution don't have to turn on the lights. Some mornings I wake up and don't recall writing anything the night before but there it is. Been doing it for years.

Counter intuitive after watching morning news showing the overnight mayhem in Portland.

This takes on a whole new meaning if you were in jail!