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Bad Morning routine

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thejuice

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Anyone find their morning routine is terrible? I have a coffee and sit up in bed on my phone for an hour. By the end of this, I have no motivation to do anything and feel jaded! My chronic pain is worse in the morning so I feel it's a way to avoid that. Sometimes I think I need a morning shock treatment! :D
 
I have the same routine, i need at least a hour with a coffee before even having breakfast.

Can you set up a timer for "waking up" after waking up maybe?
 
My morning routine is very similar actually. Usually I am up about 2 hours before I have to leave for work just to allow myself 1 solid hour of sitting, drinking coffee, and scrolling. Although I don't have a problem knowing when I have to stop and get up and get going. Maybe you can set an alarm of sorts and when the hour is up then you know you have to get going.
 
Sounds like my Saturday routine. Get up, then "slow coffee" for at least a couple of hours before getting on with the day. When I was doing one particular job that involved long hours, "slow coffee" was very slow indeed and Saturday didn't really start until 2pm.

Nowadays, I find it helps to have a cut-off time at which I have to stop sitting and drinking coffee, and I have to start doing something useful.
 
thejuice said:
By the end of this, I have no motivation to do anything and feel jaded!
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@thejuice
Do you think you can pinpoint what makes you lose motivation and feel jaded? Could it be the content of what you are looking at? Or maybe by the end of the coffee and phone time, you are hungry or dehydrated?

Is there anything in particular that helps your chronic pain that could be your first task of the day?
 
I’m like this, kind of. I make the mistake of getting up at just the right amount of time I need to get ready for work because I’m too lazy to get up before that, but I really want to chill with a couple cups of coffee and check my phone for a while too. I’m thinking of going the same route as Masked Man and get up earlier.
 
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Sans coffee, strong and plenty of it, I'm best avoid for the first couple hours of the day.
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I have a coffee and sit up in bed on my phone for an hour.
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If you don't mind me asking, but what are you doing on your phone? I'm guessing it's not just talking with someone. Would it be worth trying something different from your phone to go with the coffee for a week and see if the phone's not helping?
 
thejuice said:
Anyone find their morning routine is terrible? I have a coffee and sit up in bed on my phone for an hour. By the end of this, I have no motivation to do anything and feel jaded! My chronic pain is worse in the morning so I feel it's a way to avoid that. Sometimes I think I need a morning shock treatment! :D
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SAME! Bring on the shock treatment! Motivation isn’t easy, especially when you’re in pain. This has pretty much been my morning routine for the last couple of weeks. I’m in the middle of a flare-up, and for some reason, the pain tends to get a bit better after 11 p.m. But I can’t do much in case I wake up my housemates. XD
The struggle is real.
 
Boogs said:
Sans coffee, strong and plenty of it, I'm best avoid for the first couple hours of the day.

If you don't mind me asking, but what are you doing on your phone? I'm guessing it's not just talking with someone. Would it be worth trying something different from your phone to go with the coffee for a week and see if the phone's not helping?
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Phone is usually social media stuff. Nothing taxing. Need a safe to lock my phone in but then id know the passcode lol
 
Rodafina said:
@thejuice
Do you think you can pinpoint what makes you lose motivation and feel jaded? Could it be the content of what you are looking at? Or maybe by the end of the coffee and phone time, you are hungry or dehydrated?

Is there anything in particular that helps your chronic pain that could be your first task of the day?
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Medication means I'm never too sure how hydrated I am, as I'm always thirsty. It's social media that's draining I think.
 
I was reading a book about fatigue which said Churchill worked from bed lol. Maybe I can do that, if I fire my phone into the sun. It's tough as it's my only source of connection most days but it's also toxic and unsatisfactory
 
Just done my morning coffee and social media. I'm mentally frozen and the thought of changing gears and getting in the shower is extremely hard
 
thejuice said:
Phone is usually social media stuff. Nothing taxing. Need a safe to lock my phone in but then id know the passcode lol
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I only ask as for some people, some types of social media may not be the best thing for reaching a better state of mind (and body)? And the harder it is to not use it, possibly the more effect it could be having without it being obvious?
 
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