What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?

I suffer from insomnia, so if I have to get up to do something on a schedule I have to set an alarm. Because of the insomnia, I give myself one hour until I have to be wherever I am. Gives me time to stretch, medicate, shower, grab something to eat, and run out the door.

If I do not have to be anywhere and can move completely on my own time, I will spend probably an hour in bed reading before even getting out of bed. During my reading, I switch positions and slowly stretch out my body and try to work out any painful kinks from being in bed.

Then I will take a nice shower, get dressed, and head down for breakfast or go out for breakfast. I love breakfast and breakfast food. It is the time of the day I like to eat and I will eat a lot of given the opportunity. Now that I am ready for the day, I like to immediately begin on my tasks and get them out of the way while being forced to take breaks any time that my pain flares up.

I love a nice slow start to the day, then a busy period. It is how I prefer to function, but the world usually forces me to have a busy period before all else. Such is life.