Sometime between 5:30 and 7:00 my kids start to rise and so begins the day of “feed me”, “so and so punched me”, “I’m hungry”, “so and so stole my toy” or “I have to pee” from the youngest who still can’t properly wipe herself. At that point it’s get out of bed, drink some water and figure out what to do first. Most days I pull the covers over my head and hide to try to sleep a little longer, because I don’t think I’ve slept through the night in over 3 1/2 years. It’s a good night if I only have to tend to one of the kids overnight, sometimes it’s 3/4 (nightmares, wet the bed, sing me more songs, what’s the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?). I get everyone sorted with breakfast, get on the treadmill, then do all the dishes from last night and this morning. Then it’s snacks and lunches and laundry, naps, more snacks, dinner and bedtime. Rinse and repeat. Our kids wake up so damn early (usually between 5:30 and 6:00), that unless there’s a super special occasion, we don’t use alarm clocks. Not even when school is in session. Little rascals just wake up. Been 11+ years...

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Harry: "I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this."
Loyd: "I was thinking the same thing. That John Denver's full of shit, man."

Up at 7:00 or so
Pee the dog
Coffee and a devotional
More coffee and social media
Walk the dog
Work 3-4 hours
work out
golf

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I'll be what I am
A solitary man

I'm sure your life is full of love, precious moments and wonderful things, but God damn do I ever get anxiety reading your posts sometimes! I don't think I'm cut out for multiple kids.

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Long Chile was a silly place.

Thanks for the laugh!!😂😂😂
We definitely live in the land of chaos and mandatory “go with the flow”! Can you imagine if we had a dog?? The kids desperately want one, but good lord that might push me over the edge of sanity!😂

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Harry: "I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this."
Loyd: "I was thinking the same thing. That John Denver's full of shit, man."

I usually wake up before the alarm. Today was 3:10 AM. Still laying in bed at 5:00 AM.

I live alone. Most of what I do at work is now on hold because of travel limitations. Fuck this Coronavirus and all of the science deniers and “my rights” assholes.

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clm
Nashville, TN
https://twitter.com/ironclm | http://ironclm.typepad.com

 05:00 get up
Feed dogs (2)and cats (4)
Cup of joe
Morning constitutional
Check out local news 15min.
Oatmeal &fruit
06:00
walk dogs 3 miles
Feed/water chickens
Make breakfast for the Mrs.
Clean cat boxes
Vacuum
Make bed
08:00
45-90 min smart bike
Mix up a smoothie
Shower

Yes. There's some truth to that. :)

I hear you on the not enough sleep thing. I probably don't get enough, but my routine is so set, it's hard for me to sleep longer. I try to get cat naps during the day when I can. It's become a bit easier during the WFH Covid era! :) If I get too far into a deficit, it is not unusual for me to go to bed at 7:30 or 8:00 PM on occasion (although that's rare). It's a weird schedule for sure, but it really works for me.

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''The enemy isn't conservatism. The enemy isn't liberalism. The enemy is bulls**t.''

—Lars-Erik Nelson

That's excrement. Well done.

Alarm at 4:30. Sometimes it wakes me up. Sometimes I wake it up.

Coffee. Try to leave at 5:30. Not very successful lately.

Married
One college student at home for the time being
D'Wife & I are both WFH right now, as well

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Wake up between 5:30 & 6:30 [haven't set an alarm in years]
Bathroom
Warm-up/stretching routine
Run - mileage varies depending on when I leave the house to get back at 7:30-7:45
Short post-run core w/o - time permitting
Get coffee & log on to work at 8:00

D'Wife gets up around 8:30 to log on at 9; unless it's one of those disgustingly hot/muggy "get right to the shower IN my running clothes" kinda morning, I shower then [so I don't wake her up]

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

So for all you guys who wake up before the crack of dawn, what time do you go to bed?

7:00 Up and scan the headlines, out of the shower by 7:40 at latest, grab something small and head to work. At work 7:40 at latest: Get dressed, grab something small and head to work
8:00 at work, (I live 1-1/2 miles away), drink some coffee and eat, catch up on e-mails and responses and then hit it hard at 9:00.

In bed around 12:00 or a little later. All of my exercising is done after work.

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TEAM HD
Each day is what you make of it so make it the best day possible.

In bed about 9 pm, sometimes 9:30.

Up at 5, breakfast, and out the door at 5:30.

In the plant at 6 am. Get a cup of coffee from the machine on the production floor and then walk the floor to see what the night shift ran, look at the production boards, and talk to the early shift supervisor.

In my office about 6:20. Run some reports, skim the email from over night, sign anything my AA left on my desk, and handle a few voice mails.

At 7 am I get on the the financial call with Corporate Europe.

At 7:45 I walk into the daily production status and expectations meeting, which started at 7:30. Out at 8 or a little later and off to my first of several meetings.

That continues until about 4:30 pm when I get on the financial call with Corporate Asia. That is over about 5 pm and I normally head home. My computer has not left my side the entire day, including lunch. It does not generally go home with me on week nights because I can do most things on my phone.

Run, Bike, or Swim. In the house by 7 or 7:30 pm. Wife and I eat dinner, watched TV, and then I go to bed.

On Friday night the computer goes home and it is setup on the dining room table. I only look at it if there is a problem that comes across my phone.

I try not to go in on Saturday but sometimes that can not be avoided. If I do it is for something special and I leave when it is over.

Life of an executive in the today's manufacturing world.

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"...the street finds its own uses for things"

"Grab a cruller, have an extra large, three Parliaments, take a big dump...that's kind of the routine..."

Married, 3 kids, youngest is 3


Prior to recent client in UK going live:
Wake up between 5-6
Coffee whilst reading news on phone
Deuce
Swim in lake for an hour
Home to shower, usually before little guy is even awake.
Hang out with little guy til wife wakes up (any time between 8-9)
Work from between 8-9 til 5-6pm

Client in UK going live:
Wake up between 4-5
Coffee whilst working
Deuce whilst working on phone
Work til 6-7pm
Feel tired, unmotivated and shitty at my job.

Throw in random nights of my 3 year old waking up or my elderly dog (huksy) shitting (hugely) on the floor for additional happiness.

Up at 4:30 (though sometimes 5). My goal is eyes shut and lights off at 9pm. But realistically it is more like 9:30 since I often dilly dally a bit before bed.

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Matt

This is exactly why I got off the production floor. Of course I still get calls after hours but I can usually deal with that stuff the next day.

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TEAM HD
Each day is what you make of it so make it the best day possible.

Manufacturing is a tough job, no question about that. I'm the Plant Manager, so everyone in the facility works for me. I just covered the production floor because that is what I do first thing in the morning. The majority of my daily meetings are either financial, customer problems/concern, or safety related.

Monday we had a machine catch on fire in the morning, and then Monday night we had a roof top AC unit flame out and fill the east building with smoke. The AC unit fire was while I was on a 30 mile bike ride and came over my watch via my phone. I was 12 miles from the house so not much I could do.

You get used to it after a while. Most of that stuff is easy to resolve. It is when the financials are off at the end of the quarter or year that causes me indigestion. I will never get used to that level of stress.

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"...the street finds its own uses for things"

Pretty consistently at 9:00 PM. On occasion, if I've had a very tiring day, I'll go to bed as early as 7:30 PM or 8:00 PM, but that is rare.

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''The enemy isn't conservatism. The enemy isn't liberalism. The enemy is bulls**t.''

—Lars-Erik Nelson

10:30 or so

D'Wife will watch whatever Housewives show is on BRAVO that night [usually on some sort of delay, like if RHOBH starts at 9, she'll hit the "Restart" button at 9:30 and go from there] then I'll stay up past that if there are some good guests on Andy Cohen afterwards

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Fancy!!

Not all heroes wear capes :)

I had thought I remember you being the Plant Manager, sorry about that. ;-)

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TEAM HD
Each day is what you make of it so make it the best day possible.

I'm gonna start saying "Gotta take my Hamilton"

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

This has changed a little since I am WFH with the plague out and about.

Alarm at 8:45
Snooze until 8:55
Snuggle with the wife until 9:13
Get up, pee, brush my teeth, put on some shorts until 9:15
Walk down stairs and log in to our morning meeting at 9:15

If I am running late I can put off putting on the shorts until after the meeting.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

Mine has changed since working from home since March. Up by 6:30, take dog out and get coffee going. Online for work by 7:00 to catch up on overnight emails/market reports (I work in finance) plus a quick review of the news (and a deuce once the coffee kicks in). Quick break to take my daughter to her summer program.

Before March I was up before 5 to get a workout in before heading to the office; now I’m getting in a late afternoon ride most days to decompress and liking it.

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"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler