I am now down to waking up at 5:50am and getting out the door by 6:00am, give or take two minutes.
Here is my process:
- Take shower night before
- Alarm clock rings at 5:50am
- Never ever hit snooze
- Sit up and open computer
- Review emails for potential emergencies
- Delete junk spam in blog (big time waster)
- Go to bathroom to tinkle, brush teeth, brush hair, etc.
- Go to bedroom to get dressed in closet, to not wake wife
- Shut down computer
- Put Treo in chest pocket
- Bag the computer
- Say good day to the wife
- Walk out the door and lock it behind me
That is my process, pretty much exactly. The first 10 minutes of my typical day.
I got my morning ritual down to 10 minutes or so. How about you?
Comments
Mine is similar. I could cut it down to 5 mins, but the whole shaving thing eats too much clock! ;-)
What does your wife think about the computer being in the bed with you? ;-)
Posted by: Andy Beal | April 18, 2007 9:38 PM
She is cool with it. Maybe she will answer that tomorrow. ;-)
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | April 18, 2007 9:40 PM
Impressive!
I'll bet you can get that time down to 7 minutes if you use this handy flow chart for getting dressed.
http://www.lotsofjokes.com/images/graphic_clothes.gif
Posted by: Hawaii SEO | April 18, 2007 9:55 PM
Hmmm let me see...
1. Stumble in from the pub the night before - sleep with my shoes still on.
2. Alarm clock goes off at 7.30am - hit snooze.
3. Alarm clock goes off again at 7.38am and I get up.
4. Have a shower, brush teeth, wonder why I'm the first natural blonde with an afro.
5. Turn on computer and check emails and blogs until 8:15am by which time I've dried off.
6. Panic after realising that I either haven't got any clean clothes or haven't ironed them.
7. Dress up like an "Essex Wideboy" and walk to the tube station.
8. Get into the office around 9:30ish
It's a hard life.
Posted by: evilgreenmonkey | April 19, 2007 5:26 AM
Hawaii SEO,
I am quicker than that. I get dressed with my eyes closed. Whatever I grab first, goes on.
evilgreenmonkey,
Too funny!
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | April 19, 2007 6:53 AM
modeh ani?
neygel vasser?
Posted by: israel bro | April 19, 2007 7:04 AM
israel bro,
of course!
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | April 19, 2007 7:05 AM
What can I say, he's lucky I love him, so i put up with the computer!
Posted by: Wife | April 19, 2007 10:03 AM
Told you I have a cool wife.
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | April 19, 2007 10:19 AM
@Mrs. Schwartz - I think any wife of an SEO has to be cool - we're a weird bunch. ;-)
Posted by: Andy Beal | April 19, 2007 11:28 AM
Uh oh! What does that say about us wives???
Posted by: wife | April 19, 2007 11:40 AM
Now that is impressive. Kol hakavod
Posted by: Jeffrey Eisenberg | April 19, 2007 5:03 PM
OK. Now this is what happens when you get older.
1. Get up BEFORE alarm goes off. In fact, get up 3/4 times during night when the rest of you are sleeping.
2. Make sure all aches and pains are in the right places; say Modeh Ani.
3. Bathroom, brush teeth, shave in no particular order.
4. Stumble around for a while trying to figure out what day it is.
5. Experiment with clothes and shoes.
6. Ask wife if I should leave the light on in bathroom for her.
7. Lose my place and start over (only kidding).
8. Neygel vasser
9. Scan emails, and news from Israel.
10. Walk to synagogue, arriving at 7:15 am - 45 minutes after getting up.
11. Leave for work around 1:30 pm.
I like that last one......
Posted by: Leon Schwartz | April 19, 2007 7:02 PM
Thanks Dad. :-) Something to look forward to.
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | April 19, 2007 7:17 PM
i hope u never need to take your "morning constitution", it wll throw off your schedule. maybe you can pruchase that toilet briefcase so u dont waste any time?????
Posted by: siborg | April 20, 2007 2:19 PM
Exactly. Waiting for that comment siborg (aka brother-in-law).
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | April 20, 2007 2:22 PM