When I was younger, I used to be able to be out of and and out the door in about 40 minutes. I think I was this way until grad school. Classes didn’t start till the evening, but I had to be at my tutoring gig by noon. I had an hour commute via CTA, so I knew I needed to leave the apartment by 11. I’d be up by 9, let myself do a bunch of bullshit internetting, make a real breakfast, dilly dally about what I was going to wear that day and what have you. I think I mostly liked the idea of watching late morning TV – back then I’d watch 2 hours of ER.
I remarked recently to one of my friends that I get up at 6:30 (which seems late to me) and he asked why I got up so early. Shower, breakfast, bullshit internetting, brushing teeth, doing hair, making lunch, deciding what I want to wear and then finally getting dressed – all that stuff takes time. These days I’m clocking in at about 1:45 – 2 hours of prep time. In a crunch, I can be out the door in an hour, but I don’t really like those days.
What about you? What’s your morning routine like? How long does it take you to get ready for work/school/whatever the fuck it is you people do all day?
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