One thing I love about summer is waking up early. Since the sun is up so much earlier, I feel bad about staying asleep for long, so I just get up and get going. As a result, I've been getting into work pretty early - I get in any time between 7:15 and 7:45am. Most of the office doesn't start arriving until 9am or so.
At first this routine was a little lonely, but slowly I began to really enjoy that morning time by myself, when I can read the news (I even started a dedicated news search for our investments), catch up on e-mails (slowly swimming through my 3,507 unreads!), and get a head start on analytics before any distractions.
But as a result of getting up and in so early, I get hungry so much earlier in the day. Not only that but, if you read my last blog, you'll know that I gave up coffee, and the artificial "full" from coffee was really what sustained my breakfast free lifestyle. So with these changes, I have not been able to make it food-free until lunch like I used to. And when I'm hungry, I can't work at all.
A new summer routine for me is: Breakfast! But, I like to call it "breakslow." Because I've been getting in so early, like hours and hours before any meetings, I've been able to take my time and enjoy my breakfast.
This has been my recent favorite:
- 6oz strawberry banana Chobani Greek yogurt
- 1 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch
- a drizzle of organic honey
