How much time do you give yourself to get ready before work?

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1. I work from home so I can be at my desk in 2 minutes. But I don’t like to just start work immediately, so I get up around 5:45, work out, have some coffee, relax, watch something (this morning I watched last night’s Succession) and then get to my desk around 8.

2. I do chores that ran through the night, restart laundry, put away dishes and put away laundry plus lounging time so 1.5 hours. it takes less than a half hour to stretch, wash my face, minimal skin care and get dressed with hair tied back

3. 30 mins

4. I work from home, but I like to take at least an hour to wake up properly, do my skincare routine, hydrate and relax a bit.

5. About 30 minutes to an hour

6. When working from home, 5 minutes. When I need to go to the office, I get up around an hour before I have to leave.

7. god maybe 10 minutes max. I have a 1hr drive to work so I have to wake up tooo early, and I try to get the most sleep I can.

   It’s literally up, pee, get changed, take morning meds, pick up bag, go. All RUNRUNRUN

8. I work from home so it’s a lot less than when I was going into the office. When I was going in I could be ready in 45-60 minutes if I was washing my hair, 30 minutes without. This includes getting my clothes and food for the day ready.

9. I prefer to have 60-90 minutes to have time for breakfast, my mindfulness routine, getting dressed, and a bit extra for either writing or reading.

10. 2 Hours

    Enough to eat breakfast, shower, workout.

11. An hour minimum. And I don’t do makeup or anything, I just need a lot of time sitting and staring into void.

12. An hour and a half, so I have enough time to do my routine without having to rush.

13. I work a mile from my office so my commute is like 8 minutes. I get out of bed roughly 30-40 minutes before I need to leave, sometimes even 20 minutes. I shower at night and don’t wear makeup, so I have minimal self-care-esque tasks to do in the morning. And I always try to prep my lunch and breakfast the night before.

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15. Around 30-45 minutes. Do skincare and brush hair/teeth. Apply makeup while brewing coffee, drink said coffee, plan my day, get dressed, and have breakfast/get to work. Love WFH.

16. 15 min

17. It usually takes me about an hour from waking up to being ready to start the day. I work from home and don’t have a strict schedule, so I get to decide my own hours. My time getting ready consists of waking up scrolling my phone til I feel ready to get out of bed, morning bathroom routine, peeing, brushing teeth, putting contacts in, then making coffee, feeding the cats, makeup.

18. Not enough my friend, not enough.

19. An hour

20. I get up at 815 and start my day at 9. I do my hair, make up, get dressed, take the dog for a 15 minute walk and straighten up whatever carnage my 17 year old left behind during her vampire hours.

21. It depends on the day really. I work hybrid, 3 days at home and 2 in the office. On the office days, I try to give myself an hour, but it usually turns into 45 minutes by the time I get moving. On some of the WFH days, I do a morning walk with my friend and I’m running in the door to log in on time after our walk. On the WFH days I don’t walk, I am still up pretty early, but I use the time to lounge with coffee and a book or tv show. Then maybe 20 minutes to grab a shower before I sit down to work.

22. I get up at 6 am to be at work by 7:45/8. It’s about a 20-min commute; the rest of the time is showering, putting on makeup, trying to motivate myself to get off my phone, etc.

23. 30 minutes if I have to get up early. Three hours if I start in the afternoon.

24. 45 minutes to one hour.

25. What I need is 30 minutes but what I give myself is 10

26. Since I’ve started working from home I have my alarm set to 5 minutes before I want to start working.

27. Like 15 minutes, but I start work at 430am. I have a 15 minute commute. I usually “get ready” once I’m at work in terms of hair and make up

28. An hour and a half. Slow morning start. Coffee. Eggs. Walk to work.

29. Like 15 mins maybe 30 if I’m feeling generous

30. I use to wake up at 6 am and do a whole morning routine that included yoga and some tidying up. I had a 10 minute commute and had to be in at 9. Now I have to be at work at 6:30 with a 30 minute commute. It has been a year and a half and I can’t get myself up earlier than 5:15. I barely have enough time to get ready. I really miss my old schedule.

31. 20-30 minutes including putting lunch together and cleaning the cat box.

32. I wfh but I take 90 minutes- 2 hours to eat, dress and get ready for the day.

33. I can get ready really fast so like 10/6 minutes

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35. 2-3 hours, one to read my webtoons/wash up, one to eat breakfast and make something quick for lunch, one to get ready and leave

36. When I WFH I get out of bed at 8.29 to start at 8.30. When I’m im the office I get up dressed then get on my bike. Don’t wear make up or eat breakfast at home so I don’t need much time.

37. Two hours. I am à morning shower person, plus I like to eat breakfast.
    If I skip breakfast and rush it makes me feel rushed and thrown off all day. I am also slow in the morning and two hours means I can just do my things at a snail pace and not rush or feel rushed. Also have two cups of coffee, slowly.
    I also think my blood sugar gets wonky when I skip breakfast.

38. I spend about an hour getting ready in the mornings, even when I’m working from home just so I have some time to drink some coffee and enjoy my morning before things get crazy.

39. 1 hour mostly for mental prepping for the hell scape that is work.