Ask HN: Is there a part of your routine that other people might find helpful?

3 pointsupxx1y ago2 comments

Jerry Seinfeld to NYT: The first thing I do each morning is splash water on my face. I got this idea from the movie "The Hustler" with Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman. This act helps me switch from lying down to standing up, much like a curtain drop between acts on Broadway. As I look at my face with water dripping off, I clap my hands and say, “All right. Let’s go.” It makes me feel energized, like Muhammad Ali on a coffee-table book.

Inspired by this, I want to ask: Is there a part of your routine that others might find helpful right now?

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reify1y ago

I am retired now so nothing I do now will be of help to anyone.

However:

When I was working I would get up each day at 5:00am do an hour on my exercise bike.

Shower, have a quick breakfast, leave home at 6:30am to make it to work for 9:00am

The most important thing for me was when I got home from working with chaotic and mentally ill clients all day, was to sit outside my home for 30-60 minutes before I walked to my front door.

My thinking here was that this alone time was a time for reflection, to cleanse my soul and unburden myself of the contamination projected onto me by clients I had worked with all day.

You do not want to take that home to your family.

I think everyone should consider doing this regardless of what profession you work in.

Work should always be left at work. It has no place at home

mhdhn1y ago

You left for work at 6:30 am to arrive at work 2.5 hours later at 9 am?

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