what is your morning routine like?

Question: what is your morning routine like?
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  everyday life,
  morning,
  routine
Asked by anon-360744 on 23 Mar 2023.
- Arno Kraft answered on 23 Mar 2023:
  
  The most important activity in the morning is to spend a few moments thinking about priorities and plan the day accordingly. Most desk jobs include answering e-mails, but you also need to set time aside where you don’t like to be disturbed to work on papers or reports. Teaching classes requires a lot of preparation. Definitely several hours for each hour of class. When arriving on campus I take a minute or two to watch our swans and ducks around The Loch. Swans and ducks have the right spirit: starting the day with a smile.
- Martin McCoustra answered on 23 Mar 2023:
  
  I’m usually heading into the office at around 7.30am… First thing to do is check that I’ve no teaching or meeting first thing at 9.00am. Then it’s jumping into doing the email and any associated paperwork. That usually takes me up until 10ish then it’s tea break and a chance to chat with colleagues. However, I can have teaching activities or meetings anytime so generally my day can be broken up by such events. In between, I’ll see what my group are doing and work on an new papers, or research proposals that in need to work on.
- Clara Zehe answered on 23 Mar 2023: last edited 23 Mar 2023 9:37 am
  
  After getting up, I have a nice breakfast and go on a lovely walk to get to work. I usually get there at 8:30-9 am. Then I quickly check my emails and plan out what I need to do on the day – like what experiments I need to do, if there are any important deadlines or how much time I can set aside for reading research papers or writing my thesis or articles. Then I get started with my work!
  Sometimes I go to trampoline training at 7 am before work, which always makes me feel extra ready for the day! 🙂
- Claire Sycamore-Howe answered on 23 Mar 2023:
  
  I have a varied work pattern, sometimes I work from home, sometimes in London or Cambridge and sometimes visiting universities or companies. It means I need to be very organised with my workload and have clear communication with colleagues about my work pattern, and managing their expectations for projects. My mornings can look quite different though!
  
  If I’m in London I’m on the 6:55 am train and then onto the tube to get into the office for a few hours to prep and speak with colleagues before the committee meeting I’m attending.
  
  If I am visiting a university then I will have usually travelled the day before as I can be all over the UK and Ireland. Mornings are spent checking over paperwork. University chemistry departments take a lot of preparation from the team visiting, the department taking part and are usually months in the planning. We’ll meet staff, students and tour the department.
  
  No routine really, but I like the variety!
- Graeme Dykes answered on 24 Mar 2023:
  
  I drive to work and am usually first in the lab so I do a few housekeeping items to “wake up the lab”.
  I check my emails for changes to my work plans. I might already have planned my work for the day so then I get to work in the lab. Otherwise, I make the plans. Maybe there is something to discuss with my colleagues or a meeting with customers. It varies on a daily basis
- Jade Markham answered on 31 Mar 2023:
  
  I am honestly not a morning person. My alarm goes off at 6:30. I usually ignore it about 3 times and get up about 7 (so with not enough time). My husband makes me a tea and my lunch because he knows I won’t have time, lol. I brush my teeth, put a bit of make-up on, change and then run downstairs. Pack my lunch in my bag, down my tea, coat on and out the door. I usually at work about 7:50 and start at 8. There is no one to check I am there anymore but I am still in a routine from when my old boss would check. I eat something when I get there, checking my email.

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