Tell us about your morning routine.

My mornings these days, they break down like this…

On work / weekdays, it starts early. Typically between 4am & 5am. I’m one of those that wakes up in anticipation of the alarm, so weekdays I wake up pre-alarm, around 4:15am, getting vertical. I usually feel like I’m behind already.

I have about a 30 minute routine where I take care of the personal basics — brush teeth, meds, toilet, stretching, shower — and then do about an hour’s worth of work.

We are a two-house family, so when the kids are with me, I then get them into their routines to be ready and off to school.

If the kids are at their mom‘s house, it’s out the door by 6:30a to pick up the youngest for early morning Zero Period.

Then I roll north to work on-site.

Weekends, if I’m lucky, it’s quite a bit different. I still wake up early, but the magic of no immediate obligation is palpable.

I go back to sleep easily. Maybe even until 8am. Then the same personal routine to begin, a few deep breaths, and the weekend begins to unfold.

Two mornings, very different tempos.