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How do you start your work day?

Getting the day off on the right foot is important β€” what does that mean for you?

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Max F. Findel

Walk my dog up a hill with a rucking backpack with 20kg. I get my daily exercise and my dog is not grumpy the rest of the day :)

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Charlie J Smotherman

Lololol 2 fingers in my coffee, rollup a big fat one snoopdog would be proud of and get to work.

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Firmbee

In Firmbee we start our day by checking our to-do list. It's important to have a plan before you start working.

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Heather Williams

I like to start my day off slowly. Have a bit of a lie in and mess around on my phone. Amble into the kitchen for tea and breakfast. Finally make it into the office an hour or so later. Then a quick scan of e-mails, slack and trello to see if there is anything high priority or any meetings to prep for. Do some work, have lunch and then really get going for the day. Being a night owl in a world of early birds is a challenge though. I usually open up my laptop to a slew of messages from my colleagues that I need to process. At least they understand I work later and the company I work for allows us to only start work at 10 am if we wish to.

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Nikola Stojaković

I start the work day by preparing coffee and checking Slack. After that I check off my to-do list items if there is anything I can do from it right away and I go through the e-mail.

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Makar

I pick up my kid from school πŸ€ͺ

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Jason F

I write out any notes I need to bring to standup. I then either update my todo list from the previous day or start a new list.

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K-Sato • Edited

a cup (sometimes two cups) of Coffee

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Gerard Klijs • Edited

I'll start with a half hour workout. After showering I check the meetings for that day, and open github for notifications and slack, of course.

Then start working on something, which could be writing code, reviewing code, writing a blog, or writing documentation.

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chengcheng

This is the best way to eat later and go for a walk

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Margo McCabe
  • Do quick workout or stretch
  • Make tea & a snack
  • Commute to the home office (aka walk ten steps)
  • Check email, Slack, social media notifications
  • Update to-do list