Many of us have routines - morning routines, evening routines, school or work routines. Do you have one (or more)? If so, what is it/are they? How do you feel about routines? Are they something you enjoy, or do you prefer spontaneity?
I function on schedules after years of school, I need a schedule..but kinda only have a super loose kind of schedule now. 6-8 am: wake up (today I got up at 10 am, so that can vary wildly) 7am-5pm (weekdays): work (thats the actual set up listed on our business info, however as dad's slowing down and hitting retirement he tends to shut the shop down around 2-3 pm instead) 5-9 pm: relax, draw, game, dinner, ect 10-11 pm: get ready for bed/sleep (that can sometimes end up being 12-1 am, like last night I fell asleep around 1 am)
I have a morning routine: 6am-waking up and taking a shower 6.10am brushing my teeth 6.15am Changing clothes 6.20am Checking if I have everything for School 16.30am-7am Random stuff 7.10 time to go to the bus (yes I eat no breakfast)
I try to have a routine 8-9am Get up 10am12pm Class 1-30pm Homework 4-7pm class 70-9 Dinner 10pm-5am Fail to sleep
the only days i don't have a routine are the weekends. i have to have a routine or my entire day is thrown off. having routines also really soothes my anxiety and makes it easier to make it through the day.
My routine isn't as strict, but every night I try to stretch/do yoga for an hour or so (while watching television), and then about half an hour after that I exercise on my indoor bike thingy for about twenty two minutes (again, while watching an episode of something), and then I read fanfiction in my bed for an hour before going to sleep. And that's my night routine...yay.
I live off of making routines. Its one of my best qualities being able to make a schedules for anything I might have or need to do. Week days wake up at 6am. Weekends wake up at 8am. Week days, from 7:00-9:50 classes. Weekends, entertainment time from 8am- 11am Week days, from 10:00am- whenever I get done with my HW usually till 5pm, HW. Weekends 1pm-5pm HW. 5pm, Dinner. 6pm-8pm entertainment. 8pm-10pm preparing for bed. 10pm going to bed. I hold to this schedule pretty religiously, but I will change depending on the variability of the days.
I’m only going to write about weekdays because I’m lazy. 7am - Wake up. 70am - Wait for the bus. 8:25am - 30pm - School. 30pm - 4 something pm - Ride the bus home. (Time I arrive home) - 6-7pm - Homework time. (Piano and horse riding on Wednesdays, Math on Fridays) 6-7pm - 7-70pm - Dinner time. 7-70 - 10-11pm - Homework time. 11pm - Sleep time.
There is something very comforting in the familiar - I have loose routines I follow each day at varying times, and a sleep schedule that is practically like clockwork. I don't mind being spontaneous every now and then, but generally I don't feel the need to shake things up.