2. Cold brew coffee and some kind of small breakfast, maybe a cookie or something
3. Do NYT + Apple News Crosswords and some other word games
4. Some combination of watch TikTok, read on my Kindle, 20 minute workout
5. Brush teeth and leave for work between 6:30 and 7:30. Either run or bike commute.
6. At work, do a 30-minute planning session to get ready for the day.
I find it works really well for me. It’s all stuff I like to do. Sometimes I end up doing my workout after work instead of before, but other than that I’m pretty consistent. Once in a while on a weekend or holiday, I’ll do no alarm and will sleep until sometime between 5:30 and 7:30AM.
My 30-minute planning session is based on the book Work Clean by Dan Charnas. Really great way for me to prioritize and have a clear plan for what I want to accomplish on a given day. The most interesting thing I’ve found with this is that there’s some days that just feel overwhelming before I plan. And then once my plan is written down nearly everytime it’s like, “Huh, that doesn’t seem too bad.”