What's your morning routine?

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Being at home for 15 months forced me to figure out the morning routine that actually helped me, as I tried to enter a mental state where work felt easy.

I did everything from 'roll out of bed and immediately open my laptop' to 'two hours of self care before I even touch my phone' and have settled into something that works okay. For me the essentials are:

shower
light exercise
make a cup of coffee (I froth the milk with a cheap device that, 9 months later, is my favorite pandemic purchase)
drink coffee sitting in the back yard while the dogs run around
space out looking at TikTok for half an hour
sit down at my desk
realize an hour later that I didn't eat anything

And that's how it goes! What's your morning routine?