i want to try being one of those people that start their day with a morning ritual
what does it mean when theyre like āmy day doesnāt start until Iāve made myself a cup of coffee and read the newspaperā I would like to find out
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omg yes, i also wanna have more structure in my mornings... leave my phone in another room or something when i go to bed, that way it's not the first thing i pick up... i've read once that bong joon-ho wakes up early everyday to watch a movie... i wanna find my own thing
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Itās nothing elaborate. Honestly could be as simple as wake up exactly the same way everyday and make coffee (me) but it does just feel good to have a little window of time in your day where there is some semblance of order in this crazy ass world
Feb 15, 2025
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during the week, my alarm goes off at 6:00 AM, somewhere between 6:00-6:30 is when I actually get out of bed depending on how up and at em Iām feeling.
Once iām up, I hop in the shower, get dressed n stuff, I make sure my cat has food and then I go make myself breakfast. I like to open the blinds, let the sun in, play some ambient music on my living room speakers, and try as much as possible not to look at my phone. I need my chill slow morning time to be at peace.
if I woke up right at my alarm, Iāll brew fresh coffee (french press) and make a nice egg scramble with an english muffin. If Iām in a hurry Iāll do moka pot or just get the extra coffee from the last time I brewed a batch from the fridge and have greek yogurt with granola. while I eat, Iāll sit at my kitchen counter and have some dedicated screen time on my laptop to check socials so Iām not tempted to be scrolling on IG the rest of the day. trying to leave bad screen at home.
after I have breakfast, if I have time iāll take care of anything around my apartment that needs doing (dishes, laundry, cleaning the cat litter, etc) and then brush my teeth, freshen up, then head out and start the morning commute (usually around 8-8:30 depending on if I need to be in office at 8:30 or 9). I also fill up my YETI mug with homebrew coffee and take it to work with me so Iām not buying coffee out all the time.
the morning commute is when I put on some more energetic music to hype me up, or if Iām in a rush Iāll play some calmer music to not stress about traffic to. whatever the vibe I need. then I get to the office and wage slave for 8-9 hours, but at least I got a good nightās sleep and a good morningās breakfast to get me through šāāļøšāāļø
Jan 13, 2025
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i never thought of myself as a morning routine person. but this past year at uni, i started journaling and making myself a nice breakfast and coffee every morning. it accidentally turned into a little self care ritual and iāve found those two little things consistently appear and make my days just a bit better.!
Jan 13, 2025
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I made a Goodreads account recently and it asked me to rate some popular books Iād read before. Little did I know, every time I ranked a book, it would give me 5 more similar to that one, and then 5 more from that, and on and on until a neverending phylogenetic tree of books emerged on my screen.
I was on FaceTime with my friend as I did this, and we compared which books weād both read, ones we loved, ones we got forced to read in school, ones we read as preteens, etc. But half an hour in and no end to the Goodreads algorithm, but stuck in The Very Hungry Caterpillar-y childrenās book branch of the algorithm tree that I couldnāt escape, I started to get mad. So I command-Qād chrome and called it a day.
This week I went back to organise my To Read list and to purge all the loose one-book memos on my notes app. My professor recently gave me her recommendations on queer literature and I wanted to properly organise them. On my profile it said Iād already read some 100+ books and Iād given them all 5 star ratings. Ok well now thatās pissing me off. Why is there digital clutter on my brand new account, and why did I give all that information to them anyways.? I love to categorise, but did I really need to log my readership of the individual 39 Clues books?
I feel similarly about when I first downloaded letterboxd and it made me go down a similar never ending algorithm of potential movies Iād watched before. I did spend an unreasonable amount of time swiping through those movies trying to remember if I really did watch Horton Hears a Who in 2008(?) or not.
Why do I feel the need to share this with the algorithm? genuinely what purpose does this serve me? Why am I volunteering memories from my 7 year old self when I learnt English by reading Geronimo Stilton books for the first time?
Anyways, I deleted all the past data from my Goodreads account. Thereās only logs from my current reads, and the list of books I want to read next. Thereās comfort in organising and seeing your life laid out in list/grid categories, like unlocking achievements on video games - oh did you know I read so and so and yeah I was a pretentious little bitch in high school and every YA book I read in 2013 has gotta be logged and
But thereās another type of comfort in keeping that information away from the internet where theyāll find a way to use that data against you. I canāt think of a single occasion Iād need personalised ads for the chick-lit books I read in primary school but I know the algorithm is going to eventually find a way to sell my nostalgia back to me somehowā¦ Iām going to open any of my little apps and see hyper specific #ad on my screen.
I know Iāve given so much of me away online already - and look what Iām doing right now(!) , sharing my interests and recommendations to strangers online hah .. I wonāt lie about the fact that it brings me joy to live online - itās been my playground for so much of my life - Like sorry I am literally the internet explorer -But there was a time before I lived on the internet. I donāt think they need to know everything about Then.
I recommend not giving up everything about yourself to the machine
Mar 8, 2024
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Rawdog the sound of society while you walkā¦ the tea is crazy
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