So I’ve seen a lot of posts recently about everyone’s morning routines and yes, I must confess, I am a big fan of getting up early. I always have been – I blame working in the game lodge industry – I was up early to get the coffee and rusks ready for the guests before they went on drive and I loved those quiet hours. They felt secret and mine!
As I moved back to the city (boo!) I found that I still enjoyed the early mornings best and could tap into my most creative and deep work early. Even now, I would rather get up early than stay up late to work. My team are accustom to seeing a whole bunch of Slack messages when they log in in the morning.
So yeah, that’s pretty much my mantra! Without further ado, here is my morning:
4am – Wake up, brush teeth and drink a glass of water with lemon in it. This is a trick I learned from Rob Dial, the Mindset Mentor. It really helps to rehydrate and get the brain firing.
4.15am – Make coffee (I’m not an animal guys) and meditate for 10 minutes. This is something I only started recently, the difference it has made to my concentration and the way I handle myself during the day has been MASSIVE.
4.30am – Goals and Journalling – I use the Goal Edition from Change in Mindset for my goals, gratitude and daily planning. At Torque, we focus on ‘Hamburger’ time and ‘Chip’ time – my colleague Anni is going to do a blog on it this soon – it’s really changed the way we work. So I plot out my hamburgers and chips for the day and integrate my To-Do’s. I work with the GTD (Getting Things Done) method from Matt Mochary – I run the actual system on Monday.com, but write it out each day as it helps to cement it for me.
4.45am – Coffee two – this is important for personality activation for interaction with other humans soon! I then do some free writing in my other journal and read an article or listen to a Ted Talk – I keep a list of these on my GTD list as a separate group as I see a lot of things that I want to read, but struggle to do during the day.
5am – Pre-training meal and either carry on with reading or make the kids tea if they are awake. (They also wake up early)
5.30am – I head to Performance Purist, where I train with my coaches until about 7am or 7.15 depending on my current training schedule and competition goals.
8.15am – at my desk for work and ready for the day! Torque is 100% remote, so we have a very flexible schedule, but I tend to work ‘normal’ hours. I aim to be done by 5.30pm at the latest so that I can have dinner and play with the kids before bedtime.
8.30pm – yes, here it is, I am normally in bed and hardly ever awake after 9pm!
So yes, that’s my day – I’d love to hear more about yours and what you find works for you?
