Schedules and Routines

[ewt]

On an ideal day, what would you get done? Include self-care activities (like hygiene and eating) and self-support activities (like working if applicable). Try to be realistic about what can actually happen in the course of a day. What would you need to do each day to never get behind in chores, to feel fulfilled and happy, and to maintain your relationships to your satisfaction?

On an average day, what do you get done? Include self-care and life-support activities as above.

On an emergency, oh-shit-everything-has-gone-wrong day, what are the essential things that you make sure you do? What is your bare-bones routine that you go out of your way to protect? What things from your above routines are "skippable" and for how long? Do you adapt by eating ready meals or by going in late to work? Do you skimp on sleep or shuffle chores to another day?

Details, details, details, please, if you will.

Comments

[alysbowie.livejournal.com]

My uber-great day would be getting up, showering, having a cup of tea, getting to work on time, working relatively productively, eating a self-made and healthy lunch, working the afternoon, heading home, making a good healthy dinner, spending some time writing, and going to bed at a reasonable hour. Oh, and stick feeding my two cats and snuggling with my two cats into that equation.

A more usual day includes most of those things except the writing time and the possibility of really good healthy dinner/lunch. Usually my lunches are mostly good but can suffer from the 'I'm out of fresh stuff so tinned apple sauce and chocolate pudding are a last resort for sides to my sandwich', and dinners can suffer from the 'I'm too tired to really make anything so it's mac and cheese again'.

A cruddy day would include not bringing my own lunch to work, and/or missing my regular bus due to tummy issues (sometimes happens first thing in the morning) or calling in sick due to excessive tummy issues.

Every day, cruddy or nice includes feeding and snuggling cats though. And showering. I can't function without a morning shower.

Oh, and I forgot to mention the likelyhood of at least an hour or two each evening spent online and/or talking on the phone. :)