Share your daily routine with me...

[wheresmymojo]

Over the years I've got out of having any routines...and I mean any.

This means my life is now a bit more chaotic and unmanaged than I would like.

I've recently started working 9-5 at home and so have the start of a routine in that I get up, get dressed and am logged on for 9am.

I want to build on this to get much more done in the week in terms of basic self care, chores and such like.

It would be really helpful to see other people's daily/weekly routines (ideally in some detail) as I've just lost sight of what 'normal' is now...

What does your day look like? What do you do before work in the morning? At lunchtime? After work?

For me the biggest things that have helped are always going to bed at the same time and getting up at the same time and always eating my meals at the same/similar times. My routine has to be quite flexible around my commitments and I don't have a 9 to 5 job. But I do try and eat my meals and sleep at the same times every day.

I always enjoy reading these threads. So here is mine!

Weekdays

-5-6am wake up (naturally, no alarm)
-Brush teeth/wash face/serum etc sunscreen
-6-7am walk somewhere green nearby
-7-7.30am coffee and sit at desk on emails
-8am breakfast (toast, almond butter, fruit) - read or listen to news
-8.30 back to work.
-12-1pm lunch and walk
-1-6.30pm work
-Dinner and watch episode of atest series
-Run bath and while it is running, do 30 mins piano practise
-Knit and listen to audiobook or read
10pm lights off

Saturday
-Wake up 7amish (naturally)
-Go for walk 7-8am, pick up pastry
-Clean house (lockdown, no cleaner)
-9.30-10.30am online pilates class
-Afternoon: knit, read, draw, play piano, have a call with a friend
-As weekdays to end of day.

Sunday
-7-8am walk
-8am - 12pm extra curricular work (I have a p/t job in addition to f/t job, also sit on a few industry committees)
-Afternoon: read on sofa/practise piano
-Evening: boxset, bath and bed (10pm)

Much of this is with DH! And of course this is just my lockdown life :D

Weekdays:
6am get up, coffee, take dog for a walk
730am put wash on, empty dishwasher, get DC up and all have breakfast etc (packed lunches and uniform sorted night before for speed in am)
815am school and work
430pm all home, have drink and snack, prep dinner, hang washing up from earlier, sort through post/emails to do with house etc
530pm dinner for everyone, kids fill dishwasher, take dog out for short walk (dog walker takes him out in middle of day too)
8pm kids get ready for bed etc
830pm I do some more work
930pm get myself ready for bed, shower etc
10pm sleep time

Weekends similar timings but daytime involves longer dog walks/housework/ weekly shop/ visiting friends etc when allowed

Mostly boring unless something interesting happens.

Wake up. May brush my teeth. Stretch and dance, run (treadmill). Breakfast (usually at 9 am). (Sometimes breakfast before exercise). Will brush teeth if not done already. Shower. Get dressed.

Down to the office. Work. Any home errands. Anything can happen here including MN if I'm not on hiatus.

Lunch (usually between 1 pm and 2.30 pm). More work. More home chores/errands if needed. Possible snacks (usually between 3.30 and 5 pm). Browsing around if bored. May watch a random video or two or ten. More of anything can happen here.

Dinner. Possible walk or run on the treadmill again if I have the energy. Shower or a quick clean and change. Lounge till bedtime. Go to bed and repeat.

This is my main routine but some days, I can't be bothered to get out of bed. So I browse, eat and do nothing.

Forgot to add: Dinner is 7/7.30 pm. Bed is anytime but usually between 9 and 10pm.

Also love these.

6:30 wake
6:30-7 - shower/coffee
7-7:45 - work
7:45-9:00 - kids up and school run
9-9:30 - spin bike
9:30-1 - work
1 - grab quick lunch and eat at desk
1:30-6:15 - work
6:15-6:45 - exercise/weights
6:45-dinner
7-9 - kids homework,bath,bed
9-10- read or watch something with DH
10:30ish pass out

This is my routine since working from home:

6.30 - up, make coffee and drink it whilst having 30 minutes of quiet time to myself flicking through Mumsnet/Facebook

7-7.15 - shower & dress

7.15-8.15 walk

8.15-9 coffee, bit of tidying up, put a wash load on

9-12 work

12-1 walk again or do daily TOMM housework. Sometimes waste lunch break on phone instead.

1-5ish work

5-6 try to force myself to exercise. Don't always manage!

6-7 waste time on phone

7-8.15 cook and eat dinner

8.15-9.30 Netflix with DS

9.30 bed

No DC and chronic illness that means I nap to be able to work FT, currently WFH due to shielding

7am up, tea, skincare, feed cat, sit for 15 mins drinking more tea
8am start work, 2 x 15 min breaks and 30 mins lunch, heavily monitored so work is work and can't answer door/clean/wash up etc!
5pm finish work and nap
6.30pm wake up, shower, skincare, cook tea while listening to podcast
7.30pm onwards washing up, tidy, cleaning, food prep, Netflix/read/game/youtube/call friends
Midnight-1am bed

5.50 get up and get ready for work
6.30 leave for work
7.00 start work
9/9.30 breakfast break
Back to work
1.00 lunch break
3.00 finish work
3.30 collect the dc from school and go to park or for a walk on the beach (or visit family/friends pre covid) or do errands such as shopping/post office etc.
4.30 home and chill out with a cuppa/ do homework with dc.
5.30 get dinner on
6/6.30 have dinner.
7.00-8.00 tidy up and get dc ready for bed. Sometimes we play a few games of uno or a board game etc.
8.30 dc go to bed.
8.30-10.00 relax with a cuppa, watch tv, sort out school stuffy for the next day/make packed lunches etc. Bath and then bed.

Sat/sun

No set routine really but over the weekend I get up at 9ish. Usually do a brunch on a Saturday and Sunday we have a roast. I get all my laundry done on a Friday/Saturday too.

Tues-Fri

6.45 alarm
7am shower, dressed, get toddler up, BF, dressed
8.15 Nursery drop off
8.45 Start work (WFH)
and eat breakfast. Lunch whenever I can fit it in
4.45 drive to horse, do jobs
6ish - Home, BF toddler, bathtime, bedtime
8ish - Supper and TV
10ish Bed

Sat-Mon
7-8ish get up. Breakfast, BF toddler, Shower, dressed
9ish Stables
12Ish Lunch, toddler nap
2ish Chores or park/walk
5ish Stables
6.30ish Toddler bath/bed
8 pm Supper/TV
10ish bed

Mon - fri

7.15am - wake myself and DS up, do his breakfast whilst I make pack lunch, get dressed etc.

7.55am - drop off breakfast club

8am - have a coffee and a game of cribbage with DH

8.45am - start work (WFH)

1.30pm - lunch and I only get 30 mins

5.30pm - finish work, tidy my things away, wash up lunch pots, take a shower myself

6.15pm - DS home from his Grannys (in my bubble) and will already have had his tea. Then we will play games or he will play alone.

7.30pm - DS shower and dry hair (it's very long)

8pm - bed and story book

8.15pm - watch TV for 20 mins or so, straighten my hair as I won't have had time earlier.

8.35pm - DH and I will start making dinner. If it is complicated, he will have started it whilst I was doing my hair.

9.15pm - eat dinner and watch an episode of whatever series we are on

11.30pm - bed

5:30/6:30 wake up - I never set an alarm, I am just a naturally early waker.
Have a bath, get dressed.
7:00 feed pets, empty dishwasher, make kids lunches, get kids breakfast, sort washing.
8:00 start work (10 min walk or 2 min drive)
4:00 finish work
Walk dog, make dinner, play with kids, do baths and bedtime.
Usually go to bed around 10.

So first obvious thing is I need to get up earlier...

Not much of a morning person but I could really do with getting up at 7am I think to get some stuff (exercise/a couple of chores) done before work...

Think I will work on this first...

So maybe

7-7.15am: Get dressed

7.15am - 7.45: Walk/jog

7.45-8.30: Shower, dress again, makeup, cup of tea

8.30-9.00: 1-2 chores

Seems like such a lot to fit in!

@wheresmymojo if you aren’t a morning person I’d do these things in the evening instead. I hate mornings, if I could sleep until 10 mins before work I would!

@wheresmymojo yes... getting up early definitely helps to get things done.... I do find it hard but it really does my mental health a lot of good to get outside for a bit before the rest of the day starts...if I get moving early it’s like a big of positive momentum gets going- whereas the days I don’t manage that the rest of the day just feels bleurgh and a real struggle.

I read an article a while ago that recommended doing cognitive work in the morning, exercise in the afternoon and creative stuff in the evening.
I structure my day around sleep times and eating and drinking. I like to sleep 11:00pm - 7:00am and try to piggy back chores onto other things e.g loading dish washer while I make my bed time hot chocolate or tidy around while the coffee is brewing.

@kayakingmum

I read an article a while ago that recommended doing cognitive work in the morning, exercise in the afternoon and creative stuff in the evening. I structure my day around sleep times and eating and drinking. I like to sleep 11:00pm - 7:00am and try to piggy back chores onto other things e.g loading dish washer while I make my bed time hot chocolate or tidy around while the coffee is brewing.

This makes a lot of sense. I definitely want to make more use of 'down time' like waiting for the kettle to boil.

This is my lockdown routine
7.30am : get up, have breakfast, get dressed, fold up dried washing
8am : start work (wfh)
9am : take DC to school
9.15am : back to work (wfh)
12:00pm : go for 25 minute walk
12:25pm : make lunch
12.30pm - sit and eat lunch whilst returning to work
4pm : finish work, go and pick DC up
4-5pm : catch up with DC, read news or a book, MN
5pm : cook dinner, put on load of washing
5.30 :eat dinner, clean up afterwards
6-8 (ish) : (some of) ring friends, play board games online, watch tv with family, do jobs
8pm : exercise video followed by walk around the block and shower
9.15pm: watch something on netflix/recorder with DH
10.30pm: Go to bed, normally read for a bit.

Pre covid and again in a few weeks Dependent on day of week!

5am get up and coffee.
5.30am drive ds to swimming/ I walk/ read news etc
7.45am get home/ make lunches/ dress for work
8.20am leave house for work/college
4.30pm home from work/ college
5pm make dinner/ tidy kitchen/ do washing
7pm take ds back to swimming/walk for me

On non swim mornings I'm up naturally by 7 and do coffee/washing/ read news

On non swimming evenings at 7pm I watch tv or read or MN!

Weekends I have no routine beyond his swimming or if he's competing.

Do my food shop mom eve and fri am as he swims.
Wash bedding Sunday's.

I think I have quite a fixed routine as we need it but I'm not fixated on having one. Lockdown I've been a nightmare for not being motivated but luckily I've still WOH!