One of the blogs I regularly read is called Spin Sucks. They publish great articles about PR and Marketing, and I get a lot of useful info from them. If you run your own business I highly recommend that you check them out.
A while back I read an interesting article by Gini Dietrich called, “How Successful People Spend the First Hour Of Their Day“. She was commenting on another article, first published in Fast Company, about what successful people do first at the start of their days.
These articles got me thinking – I thought it would be neat to see what WE all do during our first hour of our days. I don’t care so much about the successful people, but YOU people, you I care about!
The First Hour of My Day
I normally wake up around 6:45AM for good. I say “for good” because my girls are usually up around 6, I can hear them talking in their room, but I try desperately to go back to sleep.) My husband is nice enough to wake me up each morning, then he takes the kids downstairs for breakfast while I jump in the shower.
I am clean and dressed by 7:20AM, then I go downstairs and make a beeline for my Keurig
My husband leaves for work around 7:30AM, and by then the girls are upstairs getting dressed for school. I take my little guy upstairs and get him dressed, and we’re on our way.
We’re out the door to go to school by 8:15 every morning.
Now that I write it down it doesn’t look like much, does it? lol But if you have kids you know just how loooong it takes to do everything.
On the weekends, I go to Weight Watchers on Saturday and church on Sunday, so our mornings are pretty much the same every day.
How about you?
Tell me – how do you spend the first hour of your day?
25 Comments
Twitter: ginidietrich
| September 25, 2012 at 11:21 AM |
I love that you force yourself back to sleep! I’ve been doing that a lot lately…must be the change in weather.
Thanks for including me/Spin Sucks as your inspiration!
Gini Dietrich recently posted..Six Tips for Better Business Writing
Twitter: katies_charms
| September 28, 2012 at 9:50 PM |
Hi Gini! Thanks for commenting!
I’m actually going to try to get up with the girls, so I get an hour to do some work before my day “really” begins…we’ll see how it goes!
Twitter: AFadedGinger
| September 25, 2012 at 7:17 PM |
The first hour of my day is spent with my dogs. One of them, hungry, wakes me. I wake my daughter for school, let the dogs out, feed them, let them out again, and then the little one and I cozy up on the sofa while I check my email, etc. My daughter says goodbye about an hour later, and leaves for school. She is not a morning person, and I respect that and stay out of her way.
Ginger Kay recently posted..I come highly recommended.
Twitter: katies_charms
| September 28, 2012 at 9:51 PM |
I like how you “stay out of her way” – probably better than nagging her every step of the way, right?
Sounds like a nice way to start your day, especially the snuggles!
Twitter: GameOnMom
| September 26, 2012 at 7:08 PM |
I spend mine sleeping. I’m walking around, getting people dressed, feeding people, but all the while, I’m still asleep. Shhh…don’t tell my family.
Melanie S recently posted..PrintRunner Giveaway! – Ends 10/4
Twitter: katies_charms
| September 28, 2012 at 9:52 PM |
Hah, I can relate! I don’t remember anything that happens in the morning before I get some coffee in me.
Twitter: lisapatb
| September 27, 2012 at 7:44 AM |
I spend my first hour with coffee and working on my websites. Years ago I used to go walking first thing and then when 9/11 happened I stayed in to watch news. I now prefer walking mid or late day rather than the early a.m. as I used to. I’m finding it harder getting up early with it being so dark.
Lisa recently posted..Is Your Websites Seniority A Major SEO Factor?
Twitter: katies_charms
| September 28, 2012 at 9:52 PM |
I agree about the time of year – it’s much easier to get up after the sun then before it.
Reading my Bible. Getting breakfast. Getting the kids ready for school.
Well I am way over forty and I spend at least an hour drinking coffee trying to wake up and get moving especially when I have the joy of having my three grandchildren over on the weekends. I have to say that’s easier since I am older and somewhat more organized to get all of us ready for Sunday mass and on time.
coffee, while pumping or nursing… argh
Andrea Byrne recently posted..Holiday Traditions
On a good day, I wake up early and lie in bed for awhile, maybe reading a book or reading the news on my phone for about 20-30 minutes before finally dragging myself out of bed to get ready for work. On a frantic day, I oversleep and jump out of bed, pulling clothes on as fast as I can and hoping I have time to make/buy coffee before I have to be at the office.
I spend my first hour with a hot cup of coffee surfing pinterest, while my 3 year old son Kolton sleeps!
It takes me the first hour just to take all my medication and make coffee. Guess I’m not in that successful catagory.
coffee, coffee, coffee. My kids are grown now, but when they were little they knew to NOT let me know of any problems (like I can’t find my shoes) until after I have had at least one cup of coffee.
Jude Skocki Kelly recently posted..Sale items you can still get for Christmas
Currently, I usually spend it oversleeping, but I want to try and get into the habit of waking up and just being able to sit quietly with a nice drink and just sort of calm myself before the day begins.
The 1st hour of my day consists of getting my kiddos up and ready for their homeschooling classes. Once we all get moving it is fine, its the getting moving part that gets us! =)
So far for almost 2 years now my daughter has been the one to wake me up between 7 and 9 in the morning, depending on what time she goes to bed the night before. It’s the best thing to wake up to though “Mommy, Mommmmyyy”. I wouldn’t change it for the world! Then I get up, get her and myself ready for the day.. take our two beagle dogs out to the bathroom, fix our breakfast and sit down in the living room to watch “The Fresh Beat Band” for a little bit before we start on adventures through the house.
OK, if we’re saying the 1st hour is from when I wake up, I wake up at about 7:15 on schooldays, after my kids have woken up between 6:45 and 7:00 on their own. I quickly throw stuff on and brush my teeth (although I’ll be doing a better job later) and get the kids into the car. I make breakfast then night before, so they’ve already eaten. I try to start getting them into the car at 7:30 so we can leave hopefully at 7:35, then get to school at 7:45. School starts at 8:00, so I wait with my Kinder, and then drive back home and get here at about 8:08. Then it’s breakfast and then…oh… time’s up….
Drink a cup of coffee, watch the today show and then clean and run errands.
I grab a cup of coffee and then prepare my grandma’s breakfast.
i think the first hour of your day sets the pace i wake up and get up n make coffee for my partner and i kiss her good morning by that time our little one comes crawling in our bed and we spend the first hr together with good mornings i love you’s and coffee and cartoons
i used to spend the first half hour getting the kid up and ready for school then the next half hour exercising… now i’m homeschooling and i spend the first hour hitting the snooze button every ten mins… and occasionally i spend the next hour doing the same thing. :-/
I spend my first hour just trying to get awake with coffee and news
Well as soon as I get up I’m on the internet doing blog and facebook stuff and it continues all day. Not very healthy or good but it is what I do lol