Red Mosquito

well?

critical.

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I’d like to think I’m a go with the flow kind of person, but if a wrench gets thrown in my morning or evening rituals I might murder someone.

poutine is very important to me

I like a loose routine.

If my mornings get interrupted, my whole day is fucked.

My morning routine is critical. I wake at 4:45 and walk the dog. Back by 5:30 and make coffee. Then I hit the incline treadmill while fucking about on the iPad. At some point during this, I have a shit. Maybe two. It’s critical I shit before school. Hop off at 6:15, bullshit with my wife and play the NYT games with her, and shower. Leave around 6:50. Most days I’m at a meeting or in my classroom between 7:05 and 7:10.

Class starts at 7:50. My prep changes throughout the year, but lunch is always at 12:30. I eat hastily in my room for 10 minutes and play a couple games of ping pong between 12:40 and 1. School is over at 2:30. I get shit ready for the next day and from 3 to 3:30 bullshit with my friends.

Home before 4. Lift weights for 40-60. The evenings aren’t as easy to set my watch to because we have kids in sports and whatnot, but usually the 4 of us eat dinner together and then my wife and I will watch an episode of something together. We’re typically in bed by 9. I do crossword puzzles until I’m drowsy and am asleep by 10-10:30.

daft twat wrote:My morning routine is critical. I wake at 4:45 and walk the dog. Back by 5:30 and make coffee. Then I hit the incline treadmill while fucking about on the iPad. At some point during this, I have a shit. Maybe two. It’s critical I shit before school. Hop off at 6:15, bullshit with my wife and play the NYT games with her, and shower. Leave around 6:50. Most days I’m at a meeting or in my classroom between 7:05 and 7:10.

Class starts at 7:50. My prep changes throughout the year, but lunch is always at 12:30. I eat hastily in my room for 10 minutes and play a couple games of ping pong between 12:40 and 1. School is over at 2:30. I get shit ready for the next day and from 3 to 3:30 bullshit with my friends.

Home before 4. Lift weights for 40-60. The evenings aren’t as easy to set my watch to because we have kids in sports and whatnot, but usually the 4 of us eat dinner together and then my wife and I will watch an episode of something together. We’re typically in bed by 9. I do crossword puzzles until I’m drowsy and am asleep by 10-10:30.

This reminds me - where is Biff?

On an individual basis, moderately. If it's something that hinges on other people, events etc...I prefer it consistency and stability

I am not an organized person. I change and make plans spontaneously. Having things planned too much feels stifling to me but in reality it would probably benefit me to have more routine? I dunno. I do fuck up a lot because I am never prepared and no one who knows me seriously thinks I will be on time for anything. The smart people in my life know to account for how late I will be. Usually about 45 minutes when I try my best. Last night I was probably 45 minutes late.

Not very

Dev wrote:I am not an organized person. I change and make plans spontaneously. Having things planned too much feels stifling to me but in reality it would probably benefit me to have more routine? I dunno. I do fuck up a lot because I am never prepared and no one who knows me seriously thinks I will be on time for anything. The smart people in my life know to account for how late I will be. Usually about 45 minutes when I try my best. Last night I was probably 45 minutes late.

i'm not a punctuality nazi, but 45 minutes is pretty abhorrent. like it's enough you should try to address it out of consideration for others and their time.

spike wrote:

Dev wrote:I am not an organized person. I change and make plans spontaneously. Having things planned too much feels stifling to me but in reality it would probably benefit me to have more routine? I dunno. I do fuck up a lot because I am never prepared and no one who knows me seriously thinks I will be on time for anything. The smart people in my life know to account for how late I will be. Usually about 45 minutes when I try my best. Last night I was probably 45 minutes late.

i'm not a punctuality nazi, but 45 minutes is pretty abhorrent. like it's enough you should try to address it out of consideration for others and their time.

could be 15 minutes sometimes could be two hours.

I find time is very difficult to manage.

almost totally elusive

I can't really figure it out.

I noticed it happening yesterday though.

I was like "oh these are the minutes today you couldn't afford."

it's fucked up.

Dev wrote:

spike wrote:

Dev wrote:I am not an organized person. I change and make plans spontaneously. Having things planned too much feels stifling to me but in reality it would probably benefit me to have more routine? I dunno. I do fuck up a lot because I am never prepared and no one who knows me seriously thinks I will be on time for anything. The smart people in my life know to account for how late I will be. Usually about 45 minutes when I try my best. Last night I was probably 45 minutes late.

i'm not a punctuality nazi, but 45 minutes is pretty abhorrent. like it's enough you should try to address it out of consideration for others and their time.

could be 15 minutes sometimes could be two hours.

I find time is very difficult to manage.

almost totally elusive

I can't really figure it out.

I noticed it happening yesterday though.

I was like "oh these are the minutes today you couldn't afford."

it's fucked up.

Running late is too stressful at this point in my life. I’d rather leave with plenty of time and cut short whatever activity I was up to immediately prior than feel rushed. A sign of getting old I guess.

daft twat wrote:My morning routine is critical. I wake at 4:45 and walk the dog. Back by 5:30 and make coffee. Then I hit the incline treadmill while fucking about on the iPad. At some point during this, I have a shit. Maybe two. It’s critical I shit before school. Hop off at 6:15, bullshit with my wife and play the NYT games with her, and shower. Leave around 6:50. Most days I’m at a meeting or in my classroom between 7:05 and 7:10.

Class starts at 7:50. My prep changes throughout the year, but lunch is always at 12:30. I eat hastily in my room for 10 minutes and play a couple games of ping pong between 12:40 and 1. School is over at 2:30. I get shit ready for the next day and from 3 to 3:30 bullshit with my friends.

Home before 4. Lift weights for 40-60. The evenings aren’t as easy to set my watch to because we have kids in sports and whatnot, but usually the 4 of us eat dinner together and then my wife and I will watch an episode of something together. We’re typically in bed by 9. I do crossword puzzles until I’m drowsy and am asleep by 10-10:30.

I wish I could be that disciplined.

I used to care about routine a lot less, but now I need it to get anything done.

At my previous job, I was basically on-call all day and having meetings at weird hours with people on the other side of the world, so it was hard to get into a routine or be productive even though I didn't work that much.

I'm weird. I'm extremely routine in things like daily household stuff and work, but when it comes to other things like what to do on a day off or what/where to eat, I'm more of a "fuck it I'll figure it out later" person.

My entire day is filled with routine tasks but the times are rather fluid (ex. washing dishes right after dinner versus after the kids are put down). Everything gets done, but the exact timing and order varies.

Our household is rather dynamic with a rotating door of guests, after school and weekend activities, and work travel so you can't be too locked into a set routine.

To the extent that routine is important to my wife and son, it's important to me. My default setting is laid-back chaos.