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I'm really curious what the other 3 people do. I wake up before my wife, so I usually grab my phone, or laptop usually, and start checking news, planning my da

by blhack 8y ago

I'm really curious what the other 3 people do. I wake up before my wife, so I usually grab my phone, or laptop usually, and start checking news, planning my day etc. before she is up. Do people just sit there and stare at the ceiling or what?

warent 8y ago
Wake up; get out of bed; have a hot drink; maybe breakfast/workout; hygiene routine. It's not that esoteric, and surely you remember a time before smartphones?
- blhack 8y ago
  Yeah, before smartphones people turned on the news first thing in the morning. They used to have traffic reports for your commute, weather, breaking news etc. People even had radios and sometimes televisions in the bathroom to listen to this while they showered.
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- garmaine 8y ago
  They had AM/FM radio alarm clocks tuned to a news channel. Is that really any different?
- cimmanom 8y ago
  I'd get out of bed, retrieve the paper, and read it over breakfast. Not really all that different from reading the news online over breakfast.
  - warent 8y ago
    Still arguably better than waking up, grabbing the paper immediately, and reading it probably before even getting out of bed--which is what the article is about. To me, that's very different from getting out of bed, retrieving the paper, and reading it over breakfast.
    - blhack 8y ago
      Why?
    - cimmanom 8y ago
      I get out of bed and walk to the kitchen (admittedly, only about 15 feet across a studio apartment) before reaching for my phone, but it's still within a minute of waking up.
ken 8y ago
Go to the kitchen and cook breakfast. I'm hungry. What could have possibly happened during the night that would take priority?
zanny 8y ago
I've been actively denying myself access to my phone when I wake up. I had gotten into the undesirable habit of reading reddit for like thirty minutes every morning. Yea, that means I sometimes doze a bit sitting on the john. It does mean I'm at the point where I'm ready to do something productive in ten minutes after getting out of bed, though.
- welly 8y ago
  What's undesirable about informing yourself with the latest news or whatever you're interested in?
  - zanny 8y ago
    Because like writing this exact comment its not really doing anything. I'm not accomplishing goals reading your reply, I'm not really forming a connection with you or anyone else on these type of sites. Once you use them for a few years you start just seeing the trend of the front page coming before you even get to it, and it just turns into a positive feedback loop for the belief system you adopted from the subreddits / HN you visit. I should be working on a CSS grid layout I've been fighting with all week but instead I'm checking comments on HN. Fortunately I've gone from doing it four times a day to about two - in both cases, while im eating - but nobody needs to be "informed" every single day. You'll pick up the stuff that really matters even if you wade out of the stream for a while.
chubot 8y ago
Go to the bathroom, brush your teeth and make breakfast? That's what I do. I've noticed the tendency to check my phone/computer when I wake up, and I consciously try to avoid it. Checking within a minute really a sign of addiction, just like people who smoke a cigarette in bed after waking (and yes I knew somebody who did this.) I definitely don't check my phone/computer within a minute of waking up. Probably 10 or 15 minutes on a good day, 3-5 minutes on a bad day.
- Kiro 8y ago
  You brush your teeth before eating breakfast?
  - v64 8y ago
    I've read that the reason for this is to clear your mouth of the bacteria that have accumulated overnight, otherwise you're going to be consuming them with your food.
    - kulahan 8y ago
      I'm way too uncomfortable with morning breath and that early-morning mouth taste to put up with it long enough to prepare and eat a breakfast.
  - unmole 8y ago
    You eat breakfast before brushing your teeth?!
  - EADGBE 8y ago
    I do, but I also hardly eat breakfast. Grew up this way. Not brushing my teeth in the morning right before a shower seems completely neanderthal. It also alleviates chronic dry mouth.
- Kaveren 8y ago
  Checking the time, news, see if there's any messages you should respond to, see if there's a reminder, checking your calendar. It's not a sign of addiction to check your phone the second you wake up.
vertexFarm 8y ago
When were you born? I'm not trying to be insulting or snarky, it's just that this state of mind is so different from mine and I'm curious. I think even a lot of people who lived before smartphones and home computers have forgotten what it's like.
- blhack 8y ago
  1987

by blhack 8y ago

warent 8y ago

Wake up; get out of bed; have a hot drink; maybe breakfast/workout; hygiene routine. It's not that esoteric, and surely you remember a time before smartphones?

blhack 8y ago
Yeah, before smartphones people turned on the news first thing in the morning. They used to have traffic reports for your commute, weather, breaking news etc. People even had radios and sometimes televisions in the bathroom to listen to this while they showered.
- deleted 8y ago
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garmaine 8y ago
They had AM/FM radio alarm clocks tuned to a news channel. Is that really any different?
cimmanom 8y ago
I'd get out of bed, retrieve the paper, and read it over breakfast. Not really all that different from reading the news online over breakfast.
- warent 8y ago
  Still arguably better than waking up, grabbing the paper immediately, and reading it probably before even getting out of bed--which is what the article is about. To me, that's very different from getting out of bed, retrieving the paper, and reading it over breakfast.
  - blhack 8y ago
    Why?
  - cimmanom 8y ago
    I get out of bed and walk to the kitchen (admittedly, only about 15 feet across a studio apartment) before reaching for my phone, but it's still within a minute of waking up.

ken 8y ago

Go to the kitchen and cook breakfast. I'm hungry. What could have possibly happened during the night that would take priority?

zanny 8y ago

I've been actively denying myself access to my phone when I wake up. I had gotten into the undesirable habit of reading reddit for like thirty minutes every morning. Yea, that means I sometimes doze a bit sitting on the john. It does mean I'm at the point where I'm ready to do something productive in ten minutes after getting out of bed, though.

welly 8y ago
What's undesirable about informing yourself with the latest news or whatever you're interested in?
- zanny 8y ago
  Because like writing this exact comment its not really doing anything. I'm not accomplishing goals reading your reply, I'm not really forming a connection with you or anyone else on these type of sites. Once you use them for a few years you start just seeing the trend of the front page coming before you even get to it, and it just turns into a positive feedback loop for the belief system you adopted from the subreddits / HN you visit. I should be working on a CSS grid layout I've been fighting with all week but instead I'm checking comments on HN. Fortunately I've gone from doing it four times a day to about two - in both cases, while im eating - but nobody needs to be "informed" every single day. You'll pick up the stuff that really matters even if you wade out of the stream for a while.

chubot 8y ago

Go to the bathroom, brush your teeth and make breakfast? That's what I do. I've noticed the tendency to check my phone/computer when I wake up, and I consciously try to avoid it. Checking within a minute really a sign of addiction, just like people who smoke a cigarette in bed after waking (and yes I knew somebody who did this.) I definitely don't check my phone/computer within a minute of waking up. Probably 10 or 15 minutes on a good day, 3-5 minutes on a bad day.

Kiro 8y ago
You brush your teeth before eating breakfast?
- v64 8y ago
  I've read that the reason for this is to clear your mouth of the bacteria that have accumulated overnight, otherwise you're going to be consuming them with your food.
  - kulahan 8y ago
    I'm way too uncomfortable with morning breath and that early-morning mouth taste to put up with it long enough to prepare and eat a breakfast.
- unmole 8y ago
  You eat breakfast before brushing your teeth?!
- EADGBE 8y ago
  I do, but I also hardly eat breakfast. Grew up this way. Not brushing my teeth in the morning right before a shower seems completely neanderthal. It also alleviates chronic dry mouth.
Kaveren 8y ago
Checking the time, news, see if there's any messages you should respond to, see if there's a reminder, checking your calendar. It's not a sign of addiction to check your phone the second you wake up.

vertexFarm 8y ago

When were you born? I'm not trying to be insulting or snarky, it's just that this state of mind is so different from mine and I'm curious. I think even a lot of people who lived before smartphones and home computers have forgotten what it's like.

blhack 8y ago
1987