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Jon Leo
Novelist. Writer. Director. Producer. Actor. Sci-Fi & Fantasy Enthusiast. There's nobody else in the world quite like me... Consider yourselves fortunate.

30-Day Writing Challenge — Day 22

April 22nd, 2016

Your Morning Routine

This one is pretty ridiculous as well. My routine is pretty much the same s everyone else’s. I wake up, I struggle to get out of bed, I stretch, urinate, I feed my cat, grab something quick for myself or forget to eat, brush my teeth, wash my face, get dressed and get on with my day. I used to shower in the mornings when I had short hair, but I find now that I don’t like having wet hair for the first 3 hours of my day so now I shower after the gym or after I do something that gets me dirty or smelly.

How in the fuck am I supposed to write more about this? Am I supposed to describe the bed I sleep in? The brand of cat food I feed my cat? The soap I use to wash my face? The brand of toothpaste I use? Are you really interested in knowing whether I prefer boxers of briefs? Boxers, by the way. Do you need to know that my hand towels are black? Or that if I eat it’s usually a granola bar because my stomach doesn’t want to eat anything for about 2 hours after I wake up?

Oh I know… I could explain that it’s a struggle to get out of bed because I suffer from depression and sleep paralysis where more often than not I wake up and I literally can’t move for the first little bit. On occasion I’m actually stuck in a waking dream where I experience very vivid and realistic dreams because my brain seems to get stuck in the Theta waves while transitioning from Delta waves to Alpha and Beta waves. It’s akin to really vivid hallucinations.

We all have the same routine, with some minor variations. Maybe you shower before you get dressed, maybe you feed a dog or don’t have a pet at all. Perhaps you spend a god 20 minutes doing yoga instead of just giving your body a quick stretch. Maybe you have kids that you have to feed and get ready for school. The point is, a morning routine is just that: ROUTINE. MUNDAINE. Uneventful and dull… Unless you have to wrestle a crocodile for your breakfast… then that’s pretty damned interesting. But I doubt there are too many that have to do that.