The nine-minute version of getting ready
Not a full routine — just the four things I actually do before I'm out the door, in the order I actually do them.
Four things, in order
Skin first, while the coffee's still too hot to drink. Then whatever's already laid out from the night before — I stopped deciding outfits in the morning years ago, it's the fastest way to waste nine good minutes on something that doesn't matter. Then hair, which for me means deciding whether today is a wash day or a hat day.
The outfit takes four minutes because I made the decision for it the night before.
The ninth minute is always the same: standing at the door deciding whether I need the bigger bag. I do. I always do.
- mornings
- outfits
- routine
