How much time do you give yourself in the morning?

[kdonnel]

My alarm goes off at 5:45 and I have to be out the door at 6:05. That gets me to the bus with 5-10 mins to spare. I can’t leave the house any later because traffic builds around the high school I have to pass. If I left at 6:10 it would take an extra 10 minutes getting past the school.

 

[sam_gordon]

I usually get up a little after 6, and am out the door around 7:20-7:25. But that includes:

* Eating (includes reading USA today while eating)
* Checking out stuff online (message boards and whatever other research I need to do... about 30 minutes)
* Bathroom, Shower, and dress.

I could get out the door in 5-10 minutes if all I did was dress, within 30 if I showered and dressed.

 

[Klayfish]

Up at 4:05am
In the gym at 4:30am
In the gym shower at 5:30am
On the road at 5:45am

 

[mrodgers]

Can't say until this evening. It would reveal what I am doing at work right now... LOL

5-5:30. I'm slow in the mornings. Bathroom, shower, start the car, lunch packed, out the door when the car is clearing 6-6:15. Equipment up and running 6:30-6:45, check out some "news" while equipment heats up.

 

[DisneyHardin]

Alarm goes off at 5:30. I usually stay in bed until 6 checking e-mails, looking at Facebook, etc. Once I get up at 6, I am out the door between 6:25-6:30. I stop at McDonalds for my daily Diet Coke and then have 21 mile drive to work. I am usually clocking in at school between 7-7:10.

 

[nkereina]

I'd be a zombie if I only had 20 minutes to get up and get out the door. I need time to wake up because I'm not at all a morning person. My alarm goes off at 4:25, I have a cup of coffee and watch the news while I wake up a little bit, then I make the bed and fold laundry from the night before if needed, shower/hair/makeup, make my lunch, out of the house by 6:45. I don't usually eat breakfast.

 

[SC Minnie]

I get up between 6:20 and 6:40 depending on if I have to wash my hair. My goal is to be out the door by 7:30 for my 4 mi commute to work. It can take anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes.

 

[aprilchem]

My alarm goes off at 5:45. I get up, cook breakfast for the family, pack my lunch, make my coffee, and feed the dogs and let them out. Then I have anywhere between 15-30 minutes to sit, quietly sip my coffee, and check e-mails/look at Reddit before I need to start getting dressed, which takes me 25 minutes. My DD and I are out the door at 7:25 am.

 

[DisLiss]

Lots of time. We just aren't rush around people. We each want at least 1.5 hrs. between when we roll out of bed and when we have to step out into the cold (literally), cruel (mostly figuratively ) world.

 

[dclpluto]

Wake up at 0436 when I have to relieve someone. Out the door at 5:15. usually try to relieve the person 12 minutes before the end of his shift.

wake up at 0441 when I don’t have anyone to relieve. Out the door by 5:20

 

[Snowflakey]

Up at 4:40 - shower, makeup, hair, dressed
5:15 - make coffee/lunches, tidy up, load washing machine, feed pets
5:50 out the door to work

 

[tinah159]

Up @0320
Make coffee, shower, makeup, dress
Out the door @0430

 

[soccerdad72]

Typically up around 6:45, showered, dressed, breakfast and out the door by about 7:20.

 

[morgan98]

I love the morning, I get up at 4:15 to have coffee, feed the cats, read the news, clear email. Then I go downstairs to our gym to workout, then shower and out the door around 6:30 to beat a good bit of the traffic into work.

I cannot just go from the bed to the shower. I feel like I've wasted the best time of the day!

 

[Moliphino]

Alarm goes off at 6:10, snooze until 6:25
Shower, get dressed and ready
Out the door around 7:05

I can't eat first thing in the morning, I have my tea and a breakfast bar when I get to work around 8.

 

[ronandannette]

I need an hour (longer is better) to be up, having coffee, reading devotions and then some web-surfing. From there it takes another solid 45 minutes getting ready before I can get out the door. I’m basically up at 5:30 to make it to work for 8:00, factoring in a 15 minute commute. Any less time and I feel like a rushed, grumpy mess until noon.

 

[Cubbiecakes]

Our alarm goes off at 6 a.m. and I head directly to the shower. Then I get dressed, fix my breakfast and lunch for the day, and I'm out the door around 6:45, at work around 7. Eat breakfast at work.

 

[RangerPooh]

Alarm: 5:30am
Out the door (goal): 6:05am
Starbucks: 6:10am
Drop DD off at the high school in the next town over (we share a h.s.): 6:30am
Arrive at work parking garage: between 7:10-7:20am

I usually drink my coffee at work, and often do a mid morning snack instead of breakfast. Otherwise it's too early to eat at 6am.

 

[disneychrista]

Most mornings I’m awake before my alarms.

Alarm #1 is at 6:30. I check email, the newspapers online, the booking log, the DIS and then read until I have to get up.

Alarm #2 is at 7am. I usually start getting ready about 7:15. Out the door at 7:45. At the parking lot usually by 7:55.

I only “need” about 15 minutes to actually get ready.

 

[CdnCarrie]

I get up at 6:10 and leave at 7:30.
That includes showering, styling my hair, eating breakfast, packing my lunch, making my coffee, etc.

OP - why is there so much traffic at a high school at 6 a.m?