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This episode is about glorious morning coffee. Or more specifically, about our time-tested morning routines. Everybody has their morning routine that they rely on and cling to dearly. The simple acts of brewing coffee, showering, and whatever else you do, makes that first act of climbing out of bed easier. The comfort and familiarity of those repeated actions give us a sense of ownership, and cause us to self identify with these simple set of actions. So what is it about these routines that make them so important to us? Watch the episode and find out!
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@metalsnakezero 9 лет назад

Every morning I exercise. However, I switch between two running and lifting/stretching. My run routine helps me set my mind for the future, moving forward in my thinking. The weight lifting, sit ups, yoga positions, allow me to cement my ideas. To make them stick with me. For a while now, my routine helps me feel better and put me at a calmer state.

@TheFacesChannel 9 лет назад

Wake up at the crack of noon, drag my ass out of bed, lay on the dirty floor with my pet pig for a half hour, sluggishly make my way upstairs, eat whatever almost expired food i can find without mold on it, slump down and watch youtube or play games until 4 am the next morning, pass out, repeat again and again and sometimes I bath or brush my teeth if I am expecting company... So thats kinda like exorcising and shit...

@tm0446 9 лет назад

What a fitting profile picture

@TheFacesChannel 9 лет назад

TM04 Whatever could you mean? I think it looks Dapper.

@SimplyMayaBeauty 9 лет назад

I was immediately reminded of the "my morning routine" lifestyle\beauty videos on youtube when I saw the title, and later, the "what's in my purse" videos. Perhaps the reference was intentional? The editing implied that was the case. Anyways, it makes me wonder if the reason they're so popular in that community is that these girls are often perceived as a sort of small-scale idol. Like we would want to learn something about the process behind orchestrating a creation by a mastermind through their routines, maybe these perfect yet "lived-in" characters of "beauty gurus" make their viewers feel as thought they're unraveling the "secret" to that seemingly perfect person that is supposedly so much like them - But "better"? Maybe it's not just being nosy and curious, but also a form of analyzing?

@shaunaaaah 9 лет назад

I love those kind of videos, I think our interest in them comes from curiosity and nosiness, but also 'they seem to have their shit together maybe they're doing something I should be doing' thinking, as if the key to being a successful human being lies in using a clay face mask every morning, or having a specific thing for breakfast.

@crazykenna 9 лет назад

My morning routine is intensely purposeful and it gives me a lot of joy. I was never the kind of person who could bear frantic morning scrambles to get out the door, so constructing a routine (with pet care, makeup, breakfast, and of course- coffee) is very soothing. That rejuvenating morning routine definitely puts me in the right mindset to be productive and cooperative at work.

@Cuix 9 лет назад

"If we could make 30-minute long episodes" PLEEEAAASE YES. I want this so much.

@Baraxis13 9 лет назад

One of my favourite episodes. Routines are fascinating; the cognitive value people place on "rituals of life" is one of the most interesting things of the human condition. As someone who has worked with people with autism and other developmental/cognitive delays (and whose spouse is a studying Behaviour Analyst), I've noticed that one of the commonalities of ASD, OCD, and the like is the "upset" that happens when a specific pattern of actions is interrupted in some way. Many cognitively normal people see these behaviours as "uniquely autistic" or whatever, but what I find incredibly interesting is that it really just seems to be an amplified or more noticeable reaction to something that arguably everyone feels. Say, your coffee filter broke and ruined your cup in the morning, or maybe it spilled. You break a lace tying up your shoes, and then miss the bus to work. You notice that your neighbour knocked over your garbage outside, or that someone didn't pick up after their dog on the sidewalk. Tiny, unimportant things that can absolutely ruin your day; slight disruptions in your routine that knock you completely off balance. It's the worst, right!? This emotional value of the daily ritual, which is inherently pedantic, but so important to maintaining the illusion of smooth, worry-free life.

@AkichiDaikashima 9 лет назад

I never have a routine, though as a teenager, that's not too weird. The closest thing to a 'constant' that I have in the mornings is eating porridge, drinking tea, watching stuff on my phone...and then stressing over the fact that I might miss the bus and be late if I don't leave at precisely the right time. Stress personifies my mornings. To have good amount of sleep, I leave only 30 mins to get ready >_

@AkichiDaikashima 9 лет назад

Also ever since I saw this video I've become hounded by Kenco's Coffee vs. Gangs ads on RU-vid. I don't even like coffee :/

@beereaters 9 лет назад

This is probably one of my favorite videos you've made thus far. The importance of your routine is something I've anecdotally experienced. When I was a sophomore in high school, I had a routine of drinking 32oz of water each morning 15 min before breakfast, between 2nd and 3rd hours, and 15 min before bed. I was lifting and a product I was trying recommended lots of hydration, at least 64 oz a day. I noticed I woke up anticipating the day's work, found it easier to get out of bed in the first place, and enjoyed the tasks of the day much more during this period of having a goal. Years later, I lost this routine and fell back into old, disorganized patterns. Later in college, I got back into my lifting routines and found myself feeling happier and healthier and more likely to not sleep in too much. I did homework more often and all around felt better. Truly a powerful thing the structure of routine can have.

@tylerbell6510 9 лет назад

I like that they took the show out of the studio, a change of scenery can be a good thing, a most refreshing of things actually.

@adamprior9276 9 лет назад

Watching PBS Idea Channel has been a part of my morning routine for a couple weeks now. Which is great but I'm running out of videos to watch. So hurry up and make more videos. Please.

@RawrImDragon 9 лет назад

That's a pretty cool idea about routines, and I guess it would be supported by the fact that people have for a very long time held the notion that what routines you do are influenced by your personality to the extent that your personality can be generally discerned by your routines, not only in what routines they are but the level of priority, meticulousness and regularity and so forth. I look forward to seeing the next video for the comment discussion about this!

@Aldanion 8 лет назад

This is the best justification of a right to property I have seen on RU-vid. This is what political ideologies advocating the abolition of property seem to ignore: objects constitute an essential part of who we are. A person can not always be dependent on what the society chooses to give or take from him. That would be a constant assault to his personality.

@shessomickey 9 лет назад

My morning routine is something I can control before the unpredictibility of the day begins. My commute might go awry but my hair/dressing/makeup routine is the same; my boss might throw an impossible project at me but my tea will taste just as delicious as every other morning. It's like stretching before exercise: reminding myself that I can make things happen just as I want them to.

@linguaphilly 9 лет назад

My mornings are never really the same, except for having a banana almost everyday. I rarely do the same thing, I rarely eat/drink the same thing, by my own (unconscious) decision. I kinda feel like this is linked to my depression, the disorder in my mind being conveyed into my behaviour.. I don't know, just a thought

@Saffroney 9 лет назад

I feel the same way, I do long for a routine that is entirely my own but I can never stick to one

@clint-webb 9 лет назад

It's common advice from psychologists, actually, to set a routine because of the structure it gives.

@andrewcoleman4560 9 лет назад

Interesting, I certainly feel more productive when I have a morning ritual but I can ONLY do it when I have something to do it for. As a freelancer there are times when I don't have work and those are the worst for my morning routine, I just can't do the same thing those days because it seems forced.

@BriBri897 9 лет назад

I really enjoy the way you say coffee. What even is that accent? Kah-fee

@chuckaholicpunk 9 лет назад

I agree with you and would also like to know what his accent is.

@cookieaddictions 9 лет назад

Thought the same...he lives in Brooklyn, but that pronunciation sounds really "Boston" to me.

@IhaveWoodforSheep 9 лет назад

... How do you say coffee? Because, I listen to how he says it, and it sounds like how I say it. Which is also how I would pronounce kah-fee (or, perhaps better, kha-fee, with kha as in KHAAAAAAAAAN!). I grew up in Colorado, USA, so I would have an accent endemic to that region.

@Alternatevil 9 лет назад

He said he's from Massachusetts, I remember.

@MrOuchiez 9 лет назад

Yeah, too bad he says gif like "jyffe"

@blackelk911 9 лет назад

I think this is also a really fantastic explanation of why artists (especially young artists) obsess over what brushes/paints/canvases their heroes use. Intellectually we know it's very nearly irrelevant, but in learning how our heroes construct their world (and their approach to art) we feel like we gain insight into how we should/could construct ours. Really loved this episode!

@syntheticquarian 9 лет назад

As someone who is a morning person, the most interesting part is that I have a specific weekday routine and weekend routine mostly controlled by when I set my alarm and if the dining hall at my college is open for breakfast or brunch. Then, if I'm visiting at home I have a different routine altogether that reaches way back to middle school habits. I guess what I'm trying to get at is that I interact with my different environments in different and varying ways which loops back to the having it be "mine" thing, but perhaps relating to making my surroundings ready for a specific task to unfold? If anything the constant throughout my mornings is that it's impossible to sleep in past 9:30 am so I should probably find something to do. Speaking of surroundings, I really dig the vibe of seeing you sit behind a table, sipping coffee and grabbing at your books. Both the records wall and the table give a sense of casualness that makes the videos relatable, but I guess the table brings forth a curious "hey look I'm sitting down with this cool dude telling me interesting things let me also sip at my imaginary beverage with him" that you should totally do more often.

@s1lverp3nguin 9 лет назад

It's funny, I've been really conscious about my morning routine lately. I've been finding that it gets really sickening and annoying for me to do the same exact thing over and over every morning, but then again perhaps I've been feeling so annoyed because I wake up every weekday at 6:30 and I am most certainly _not_ a morning person (or at least an early morning person). And maybe that in addition to knowing that I'm in my last year of high school and at this point school is just a formality is just making me really impatient for the days when I no longer have to wake up at such an ungodly hour.

@s1lverp3nguin 9 лет назад

Jacy Gouveia Yeah haha high school's pretty tough, but I like it, mostly. I just can't really stand the mornings and the assignments.

@s1lverp3nguin 9 лет назад

Jacy Gouveia Ugh I can't wait

@Lewa500 9 лет назад

***** Enjoy your carefree life in high school while you can.

@s1lverp3nguin 9 лет назад

Lewa500 I don't know about careFREE... Maybe it's more like my responsibilities and following actions are not as immediately impactful currently as they will become in my future.

@Lewa500 9 лет назад

***** Good awareness. You'll be fine in the future, if you keep a level head.

@thingamabitch 9 лет назад

That is the most hipster way to prepare coffee that I have ever seen. I don't have much of a morning routine. Also, I often wake up at noon. :U A very important thing to me is brushing my hair. I don't feel awake until I do that for some reason. Then I drink and eat. Maybe I will have some tea. Then I get dressed. Or not. Depends on what day it is. Then I go to class every day except the weekend and Tuesday. I shower at night, so I don't even have THAT to do. :U It is nothing special at all. But I am a college student and I don't have time to really set anything because I am not fully in charge of my life yet. What I do is dictated by my class schedule.

@waaurufu 9 лет назад

I don't have a morning routine so much as I have an evening routine. I feel like my daylight hours aren't owned by me, but by my work and chores and other things that I must do to keep functioning. But at nine o' clock every night, I get to IM with my friends as we talk about our days and roleplay with our characters. That's when I truly get to be myself, and I get to truly own a part of my day.

@GirlSocks 9 лет назад

I watched this episode back in december when it came out and I didn't have a routine at the time. In fact, up until that point I never had a routine. It seemed to me like every day never really started, like my mind stayed dormant and sleepy all day, unless something were to jolt it out of that state. After a few months of making a concerted effort to find some things that my day can start with, I have a morning routine. Get up, dress in my running clothes, eat a banana, 30 minutes around the block (While listening to a podcast), rest for a minute as I pick my clothes out, shower, dress, make coffee, drink coffee as I read my emails and plan my day, then do whatever the first thing i need to do that day is (usually tidy something) I finally understand what you meant by reducing the friction of taking on the world. Knowing what the first 2 hours of my day are without having to access my stupid sleepy brain make that initial movement extremely easy. Now I merely have to think "Brain what are we going to do today" and my brain would reply "What we do every day, Pinky, try to TAKE OVER THE WO-" wait no...

@mitchellgates 9 лет назад

Regarding that sense of ‘mine’ we feel towards objects and towards our routines, I think it is a mistake to understand this sentiment simply as a one of ownership and possession. I am aware that even linguists name ‘my’ and ‘mine’ as a possessive determiner and pronoun respectively, but I wonder if we are misdirected by those possessive names. Yeah, we use them for things that are literally our property, but mine-ness is way more semantically promiscuous than that. We feel 'mine' with a widely genitive flavor and with a kick of personalism. It isn’t my relationship with my routine grants me some ownership over it, but more so that it becomes ‘mine’ through the intimacy of my relationship with it. What’s mine is what I own, within the culture of property and ownership I inhabit, but even more so is what’s mine also that with which I have some significant relationship, however insignificant it may be. Whether it be as begrudged everyday hell; as novel and impassioning experience; as a routine not exciting but still familiar and consistent, etc. That sense of ownership we sometimes feel seems more a secondary effect layered onto our sentiment. I feel ownership over nothing I don’t in some way feel is mine, but I do feel some thing is somehow mine without ever feeling ownership over it.

@viljamtheninja 9 лет назад

Well said. Linguistic terminology, I believe, while useful for building a logical way to construct sentences and ideas, can be deceptive when trying to figure out certain experiences we have on deeper levels of cognition. For example, our experience of intimacy with some routine or commonness, something with which we feel intimately familiar in one way or another yet is an abstract and thus cannot technically be possessed. These abstracts exist before the terminology to describe them is "invented" and as we may redefine and better understand these abstracts as we go along, suddenly we might be left with a rather illogical idiom. Perhaps we could use a new word that means something like "of or pertaining to me", suggesting a relationship rather than a one-way possession. For that matter, it doesn't even have to be an abstract for "my/mine" as in definitive of possession to be incorrect: my wife and my friends are hardly little items that I keep on display. Here, again, the word seems to suggest an intimate relationship.

@thatwastakenagain 9 лет назад

viljamtheninja you could have that empathizes by using nicknames for these relations or have them work with the article "The" like "the bus seat is my usual spot" which also bring up another word "my usual" thing - or "current" thing - idioms - my soul mate would would express the same sense of ownership but this could be another factor which is intimacy - u could say my marriage then shows the relationship rather than make a new word that would take years to be permanent in a langauge and also the culture is a factor but in the end I'm spent since communication would always have to be compromised with a limited amount of time

@primoaurelius 8 лет назад

I'm so very glad that the popular opinion of Nietzsche is changing. the man was an undeniable genius.

@jorgepeterbarton 6 лет назад

or Baudrillard, for that matter, maybe. I still think people generally hate him though :::: whilst agreeing with stuff he says. the postmodernists are a weird one people have weird opinions of.

@puppeezrok 9 лет назад

So, as a high schooler, my morning routine doesn't involve coffee. I mean, really, only the kids who take independent studies first block have time for coffee. However it's interesting how high school has been sort of that routine you talk about. Because my actual waking up/getting ready takes so little time in favor of getting more sleep, my "routine" tends to be going to school, singing for a half hour (my choral director has rehearsals every morning at 7 and my being a soprano does not help), going to class, lunch, etc. in a way that actually resembles being mesmerized. Of course, being in Calculus isn't really mesmerizing, but the overall experience of school is. Walking between classes is a good example. I have my routes memorized and will not change them unless prompted to by some unexpected event (stairwell clog, various pranks, etc). I become mesmerized in the same way you are when drinking your coffee, winding my way through the crowd with a vigilant body and a head in the clouds. In art classes I can pass the entire 80 minutes focused on one action by letting my mind wander. This is sort of a more abstract way of looking at it, but I notice it the most when the semester ends and I suddenly have to find new routes and grow accustomed to new classes. Not only do the days feel longer, I find I have to actually THINK about the route I take and the things I do upon entrance to the classroom rather than just walking that path and doing those things automatically. The 5 minutes between classes are also an opportunity for me to process the information I have been presented and prep myself for the next activity. It makes me think that you can really find routine in anything you want. It can be your morning routine, the path you take to work/school, your lunch break, your post-work/school routing, etc. Any of these things can become as mesmerizing as making coffee.

@PheseantNetsuke 9 лет назад

At 06:30 AM my phone wakes me up with Keroro's 3rd intro song or some J-Pop from Persona from about 5 meters away from my bed so I'm forced to get up to make it stop. Then I take a shower or skip it to get twenty more minutes of sleep (it may not seem like it does a difference but it does), get the TV on the news channel, get my water for the coffee on the fire, crack two eggs in the frying pan. I then eat the eggs with bread and sometime a banana for breakfast and then sip at my coffee while watching the news until my family is ready to go, I get out of the car once in front of my high school and that's about all for my morning schedule.

@chase_like_the_bank 9 лет назад

"I get up. I feed my dog jack. I put on the Daily sho..."...oh god... So much sadness.

@LibertyLikes 8 лет назад

haha. same.

@sierralvx 8 лет назад

+hal I actually perked up when he said The Daily Show, cuz I'm just a fan.

@InMaTeofDeath 9 лет назад

Nifty new intro.

@kulapik43 9 лет назад

I don't think that's an actual intro that's going to stay

@hirvox 9 лет назад

My ritual extends well into the morning commute. It is the time when play some of my favourite music, listen to podcasts, read a newspaper or a chapter of a book.. or just look at the passing scenery that I already know by heart. Even though I'm surrounded by people, I still feel that the experience is all _mine_. It's not until I'm at my desk with my laptop booted and my cup filled with my favorite beverage that I'm willing to spare a thought to others.

@Perixie 9 лет назад

I've walked to work/university for 5 or so years now. I bought a bike so I could get there faster, but while I enjoy riding it on weekends I gave up on riding it to work as I found I missed my morning walk and coffee run too much. I even get up an extra hour early just so I can grab my morning coffee from my favourite shop on the way. It's more expensive both in time and in money, but I feel my head is much clearer for the rest of the day if I take the time out to walk. Tangentially, having a British girlfriend, presumably you've noticed the Brit's cultural peculiarity in having cups of tea every time something happens, good or bad. I feel that this video really hits the nail on the head as to why making a cup of tea is so damn comforting - it's something most of us Brits have done our whole lives, it's always the same system in everyone's house. No matter how terrible a situation is, someone will always suggest to pop the kettle on. Got dumped? Lost your dog? World war three? Someone makes you a cup of tea and suddenly everything isn't so bad anymore.

@refreshdaemon 9 лет назад

Each workday, I wake up around 6:30am, skim through my RSS feed, reading a few articles, do my daily workout, wash up, get dressed and head out to work. I'm not really a morning person, but I do what I have to do to feed the brain and train the body in the morning because there's no time other than the morning for it.

@markaronson3645 9 лет назад

I have always found people have an intriguing obsession with their morning routines. Whenever I bring them up in conversation, especially when I was in high school and every morning played out similarly, everyone involved in the conversation would feel a necessity to detail their entire morning routine to the whole group. I think this shows a deep, personal connection to those routine, mundane acts, signifying they do represent something much more. I have also seen this need to share something simultaneously so personal and so boring come up when people share class schedules or dreams. Hearing someone else's morning routine, class schedule, or dream can be incredibly boring to listen to, but when we are sharing, it feels like the most important thing to be saying at the moment.

@TheMaplestrip 9 лет назад

"episodes about those [two] things very soon" YES YES

@mspooner 9 лет назад

My morning ritual (ideally) is, wake up, lay in bed for a little while blogging, get dressed, Tumblr over breakfast, and either Tumblr some more before getting to work or going to my job. But most mornings, I'm woken by my alarm and rush to get dressed and to job/school. Coffee makes those mornings better. I really like caramel, chocolate and mint, in some combination, in my coffee. You guys should do another one of those multipart videos that you can watch piece by piece or all at once about those animations. That would be AWESOME!! Plus, personally, I prefer longer-ish videos.

@TonksMoriarty 9 лет назад

My morning routine is pretty much: wake up at half-past, get out of bed; get into the shower, usually spending about ten minutes in it; making myself a cup of tea (milk, one sugar); watch a few RU-vid videos if there are any in my feed which I haven't watched; then, an hour after I get up, I'm ready for the world.

@philipjames8253 9 лет назад

RU-vid is part of my morning ritual. Listening to Idea Channel smooth my one hour Thursday morning commute. ...I sometimes wonder how much my experience is different from other Idea Channel-ights since my participation with the show is primarily an auditory experience.

@TheKieranKat 9 лет назад

one of my favorite videos you guys have made! i really enjoyed the way it was shot in your house. it was something new. i like it. anyway, i have two typical morning routines. on a weekday (since i'm in high school) it consists of me waking up at 5:35, checking instagram, and turning on the shower. while it's warming up, i'll check the weather or the news. i get in the shower, stand in there for WAY too long, and finally getting dressed. then i have breakfast (normally a bagel or toast) with either tea or orange juice. go back upstairs, brush teeth, unplug charging phone, put on socks and shoes, and go to the bus stop. the weekend routine constists of me waking up whenever i wake up, checking social networks, eating breakfast while either watching daily show/the news/adventure time and then finally taking a shower while listening to loud music. i get dressed and ready, and from there, my day starts...

@hyperspacey 9 лет назад

This is just... wonderful. Never stop. I know it's a peculiarity of modern European lifestyle but the particulars of it are magnificent.

@MrJonesArt 9 лет назад

"Collecting oneself" happens in so many aspects of my life, but here's one I've been noticing recently: - The evening before our weekly nerd-poker D&D group I will redo my entire character sheet from scratch - rebuilding it from the ground up, getting all familiar with the maths. - Select a shirt that is clever or funny while remaining suitably low-key. - Get a coffee to-go (a juvenile amount of both milk and sugar). - Select music for the drive over. This ritual seems to give me a cozy feeling of unplugging from regular responsibilities and centering myself in the activity. While this isn't really a "morning routine" it does seem to be a way for me to playfully obsess over something less stressful in life.

@adamlipscomb6858 9 лет назад

The coffeeshop example brought a fun thought to mind. The idea of being or having a regular customer is interesting when thinking about routines as you've described. You say that you go to your coffee shop and see your barista who knows your coffee order, but at the same time the barista goes to his coffee shop and sees his customer whose coffee order he knows. Kinda cool how one person's routine can be multiple people's routines at one time. Having one person's "our thing"(3:30) being more than one person's "our thing" may be another idea worth considering: sharing routines with others as a means of further lessening the friction in our daily lives.

@curiousKuro16 9 лет назад

My morning routine is waking up, getting everyone else out of my house, making coffee, and waiting for my ride. I also usually watch football highlights, or I have been the last few months. i haven't reached the same level of mesmerism that I achieved in Marching band, but that required 300 hours of doing the same things over and over and over and over and over with very little change. However, while I'm drinking that coffee, my mind is more free than it is all day.

@NinjaKIngAce 9 лет назад

I'm just glad I'm not the only one who lay awake in bed when they wake up

@kimmiefrancisca 9 лет назад

I've always been fascinated by this concept of knowing what inhabits peoples' lives. It's like a peek into what has influenced them, what makes them... them and maybe why they're producing the things they do. I love finding out this kind of information about everyone I respect and admire. From my dad to Jon Stewart (shout out to The Daily Show), it doesn't matter if the person's famous or particularly successful - if they interest me enough to make me want to know what makes them tick, i'm sticking around (possibly hanging out around their bookshelf for extended periods of time). Being able to piece cause and effect together like that, like a giant life puzzle, especially when the person in question hasn't considered it themselves, is amazing to me. It gives me ideas about what I can incorporate in my life that could change the way I think and perceive for the better.

@Atamastra 9 лет назад

Very intriguing, Mike. I watch this channel religiously and love the topics that you and your team weave together. This particular video has become a favorite of mine. You had some very interesting points about one's abstracted, yet personal relationship to the objects and processes that are claimed to compose one's identity. It really cracked my perspective. I now see my bookshelf, covered in sci-fi and fantasy novels, over 70% of which I have yet to read entirely, and they just sit there, serving an entirely different purpose. Instead of being literary windows into another person's imagination, as I am sure they were intended, they are more like badges or trophies for sports that I know or can play but have not entered the competition to earn. I hold on to video games that I do not play anymore, movies that I do not watch, and dragon figurines/statuettes that are bought specifically for me to not do anything with, but rather so that other people see them and identify me WITH them. It seems this is no different that millions of people wearing a team's jersey or brand's logo, though they do not (or cannot) engage in the activity associated with it (football, skateboarding, etc), all just to tap into the prestige of something infinitely more popular than they will ever be. I used to make fun of people for this, but now it appears, to me at least, that all identities are built this way, so I can't be too critical. Hell, if you wanna run with it, everything in existence seems to be built on the foundation of something far more permanent than itself.

@cruelangel7737 8 лет назад

I don't have a morning routine, but I do organize my bookshelves and personalize my books with notes in the margin and bookmarks in strategic locations; I keep ring binders of all of my handwritten notes organized using my own system, even though I rarely do handwritten notes nowadays, my electronic notes are organized the same way plus back up in cloud storage. This discussion has a point, clearly.

@FenriX1989 9 лет назад

The morning routine in Italy is usually a lot different from the one in the US. I, personally, have 2 different morning routine: The one that I would like to have. The one that I actually have (at least these last weeks). But still, there's no morning routine without a "time for bed" routine, and for the TfB routine, for me, it's the same: The TfB and morning routine that i would like to have are the follows: Computer attached to the TV via HDMI, smartphone with remote control of the computer. 11:30 pm - Shower, cup of chamomile tea, bed, TV series, movies or RU-vid. 12:00 pm - Shutting down PC and TV, Book, falling asleep with my face on it. 08:00 am - Waking up, leaving the bed after 5 minutes (no more or i'll fall asleep again). Opening the window also if it's fucking cold (the winter cold helps me to wake up and i hate the stink of a closed room). Pee, dressing up, fast walk at 8:30 tops (a short walk helps you waking up correctly). Back home, OJ, milk and cereals, coffee (the goddamn real one!!!). Getting some work done, study hard till lunch time. The TfB and morning routine that i actually have instead is this: 2:30 am - Bed with a cup of pop-corn, TV and PC, falling asleep with PC and TV turned on an hour later. 10:00~11:00 am - Waking up, pee, Coffee, toasted homemade bread (at least i have it these days), smartphone. Zero work, zero study... Lunch... Then my fucked up day can begin. And I think that today will be no different, since it's 1:11 am here and i'm still here typing stupid comment under a youtube video.

@TheVoiceofAbaddon 9 лет назад

This was best episode you've guys ever done. It's so dense, every frame has a special effect.

@joseoswaldochavezvillar5597 5 лет назад

Mornings are dawns when you have a cat hitting his head and meowing at you for love. Not that's better than coffee, but works

@WickerJig 9 лет назад

I really like how your videos make me think once I've finished watching them. For example "I haven't had enough coffee to make sense of this"

@kurtisnimmert7555 9 лет назад

I like this idea that we own things that cannot be ours. My morning routine is to get kicked out of bed (as me and my girlfriend always oversleep), make breakfast for my girlfriend and get her out of the house to before she is late for work then go out for a walk before I transit to work. Most of my routine is not for me but it helps me get ready for the day none the less.

@UsurperKingZant 9 лет назад

The best part of waking up is checking sites I use for any interesting new things to read and stuff. Every morning I'm away from the internet for 8 hours. That's a lot of time for activity to happen

@NAGleader 9 лет назад

I spent much of this video looking at the cat picture in the background, and then I looked to the right. ADVENTURE TIME. I am pleased.

@ritual64 9 лет назад

Love the look of this episode. While the normal episodes are wonderful and I love the record wall, this was nice to see you out of the 'office'. A few more episodes like this, every now and then, would be great. Thanks Mike and the rest of the group for creating and posting the idea channel. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

@sonotleet 9 лет назад

I like this "Mike around the house" bit. Please make more of these.

@xloud2000 9 лет назад

Your album covers are my Idea Channel routine.

@Raedan23 9 лет назад

God, I wish I could summon fuzz boxes from the aether like you can. You're a lucky man Mike, don't take your gift for granted.

@alexandriaknox4939 9 лет назад

I love making coffee it's one of my favorite morning wake up steps along with watching the news

@LynneSkysong 9 лет назад

My morning starts with me waking up and turning off the alarm ASAP because I get up an hours or so before SO. I set the alarm for him and head to my laptop. I play RU-vid vids (like this one, right now!) while I get dressed in the living room, floss and brush my teeth (or use mouthwash if I'm running late), brush my hair and grab food for lunch. In about 15-20 minutes after I wake up, I'm out the door to drive to work, a 45 min commute that I use to listen to podcasts. I have found that RU-vid and podcasts are now a really important part of my life. It keeps me consuming new information and makes me think. Before I start this, I hated mornings and I hated my long commute. Now, I don't exactly like mornings, but I have things to look forward to now.

@MacLaurasaurusRex 9 лет назад

I have a lot of thoughts about this episode, but I just want to say first: whenever I hear about famous people(/anyone) and their morning/daily creation or writing rituals I am always so incredibly impressed. I have no where near the level of self control to do the exact same thing every day without some type of "task master" (whether that is class, work, seeing friends, etc. to force me into the day). I am always my least productive when I have to make my own schedule (which I often want to be something like this of wake up, write, take a break, write until wee hours of day; but in my experience doing that while writing my senior honors thesis in college I could only really get myself to do set periods of writing/research if I also had class that day and/or had friends in the library to be with while doing the work). Anyway, since I started living in apartments (in the middle of college) I have had a similar (though not always exactly the same) morning routine. And what seems to be important about it for me is not so much exactly the way I make coffee or what I eat for breakfast (though generally it is the same thing), but the time I give myself to get ready for the day. I am really bad at doing the "morning things" like showering, eating breakfast, brushing teeth, and getting dressed for work in a hurry. I can do them if I really have to, but I hate being in a rush, and my morning routine is built around giving myself time to do all of those things with time to spare. So, I generally get up about 2 hours before I have to leave the house for work and then I do my morning routine (shower/shave, make coffee, make breakfast, eat/drink (while reading news/Twitter), check emails (usually), brush teeth, get dressed for work, leave). But then, I don't really have a "rest of the day" routine, at least not a conscious one. I definitely like this different way of thinking about why I have a morning routine. Not just as a way to give my body time to wake up, but to give my life some consistency so I can do whatever it is I am going to do that day. And I find that if I don't have the morning routine happen I am thrown off during the day, particularly for the first couple of hours. I am much less productive and much less happy. I wonder if this is a natural thing that we (as humans) do as a way for our brains to interpret the world, or if it more "trained." We see and hear other people create "routines" and so we do too. Maybe more interesting (because that previous question seems a bit too much like chicken-and-the-egg), when do routines become codified? And can I change my morning routine in a conscious way at this point?

@TheDarkLordOfBass 9 лет назад

Thanks Mike, I thought you'd never ask. My preferred routine is to wake up sometime around 11am, I throw on some workout clothes and walk to Dunkin Donuts (yes, the cashiers there know my order). I eat my turkey sausage and egg on an english muffin and drink my large coffee while watching youtube on my iphone. After about an hour of that I head to the gym and then usually to work after a quick stop at home for a shower. I agree that I feel a sense of ownership over this routine. I work retail so, on occasion, the schedule shifts and I have to open one or two days a week rather than my preferred closing shift. On such days I have to skip the gym altogether and get my breakfast from the deli on my way to work. These unfortunate days, when I do not get my dunkin/ youtube time and a workout in the morning/ early afternoon, are nearly unbearable. I become an irritable, sarcastic, and hopeless jerk of a retail manager. My day, my job, my family, and everything else are much easier to deal with when I get to stick to (or perform) my routine. The days when I can't, I truly feel as though I've been robbed of something. Last month my Dunkin Donuts closed for a week for renovations and it just about ruined my life. I had to reroute my entire day to find a new source of delicious coffee goodness that didn't take me diabolically far from my gym. The whole week was a disaster.

@elizabethlarabie237 9 лет назад

Idea Channel is coming back on my birthday! It's like a gift just for me!

@The_pebble_music 9 лет назад

It's a lovely thing that you got out of your usual background. It ties in with the subject and it's pretty refreshing too. I particularly enjoyed this episode, I feel like I see more clearly why I'm obsessing about how our (my roomies and I) music room is disposed and filled. We have hard times working and writing music at home and maybe today's episode will help me find a sweet creating routine. Time will tell. Thanks a lot, Mike ! (and whoever is behind the camera)

@winterx2348 9 лет назад

As a collage student, I have no regular morning routine. Some days I get to school at 9am and don't get back until 5 and then I have to do homework late into the night, other days I don't have class until noon and I sleep in trying to get back all of the sleep I lost a few days ago when I was scrambling to meet a deadline. Visits with friends are rare and sometimes so is finding the time to eat a full meal. My degree is in animation and digital gaming so the work flow is a little wonky from class to class, sometimes not sleeping at all to get a project done in the insane unreasonable time limit we were given, but I find myself dreaming of getting the chance to have a set routine where I wake up, check my email while eating a bowl of cereal, maybe watch some Idea Channel on RU-vid, before feeding my bearded dragon and heading out for the day. Ahhhh that would be so nice...I feel like collage life would be a lot more orderly and less chaotic if we were given the opportunity to have a routine like our human nature desires. And keep in mind that I don't have a job while going to college. I can't imagine how people do both at the same time!

@RobertJones 9 лет назад

I used to have that same kettle, until my wife threw it out in favor of an electric one... I don't have any particular MORNING ritual, as my "mornings" now tend to happen around 11AM at the earliest. I do have a weekly ritual though, and my tendency towards the "familiar" or "MY" places has long plagued me. For the last 10-12 years (depending on if you count the years I was out of state) I'd had a specific pub to which I would go anytime I wanted to go out to have a drink. The bartenders because some of my best friends and it often felt like parts of the bar BELONGED to me. Recently that bar/pub closed down and I needed to go seeking a new establishment to regular. This sudden shift in my regular routine threw off a LOT of the rest of my life. It's odd how much something like that can shake you. Once you've found a routine and a pattern that fits you life just makes some sense, but as soon as the outside forces act upon that pattern, everything is thrown out of whack and the simplest tasks (which had NOTHING to do with the patterns at hand) become more difficult. I think this is why so many people are fearful of change tbh. The routines of our days help us fuel the non-routine portions of the day. The parts that we can rely on help us move through the ups and downs of the parts of life which are random and independent of our own control. When we lose control of that which we previously felt totally dominant over it can throw the rest of our lives for a loop. For (further) example: when I was a manager I used to freak out and laugh employees out of my office when their excuses for poorp performance began with something like "my coffee maker broke today" but now that I'm older and wiser I can 100% understand how something as seemingly trivial as that can completely fuck your week up.

@SuperSamStuff 9 лет назад

The way you say GIF makes me really happy

@JoaoFerreira-fx3xp 9 лет назад

Loved this episode format, btw!

@timrem12 9 лет назад

Love the 'format' of this episode, its a nice change in scenery.

@james8707 9 лет назад

I think there are many of us who are averse to routines or can't afford them in the wee hours of the morning. The anxiety and stress of life poses us a challenge, and our preferred method of overcoming it is to play it by ear. These are the people who don't have a morning ritual in the sense of a repetitive task, but instead have a morning conflict. They wake up in a daze, realizing that they must be ready to leave for work five minutes ago and use their time in the morning to scramble their things together and get out the door. I feel like this is less of a meditative preparation and more of a jumpstart to one's day. Some minds are like a large truck that requires slow and steady force to accelerate to become an effective worker (and, to wit, these are the minds capable of considerable momentum and focus to achieve these ends) Other minds are light, like motorcycles. They don't require much to get going and are agile by nature, but there's some jobs that motorcycles simply aren't suited for. My work requires a constant mental presence--constant strategy and trying new things to make problems solvable to others in the shortest time frame possible. Because most of my work is improvised and requires incredibly fast mental lane-changing, my clambering in the mornings may suitably prepare me for the day ahead. The concept of starting my morning with a routine is attractive, but ideologically it conflicts with what I'm supposed to do. I'm not saying this is the best way to live one's life, but it's certainly a way some people do it.

@thatguyHapa 9 лет назад

This episode is beautiful! I love the break from the record wall, I'm not sure about starting without "Here's an Idea", but I love how different this episode is!

@atheryne 9 лет назад

Every morning my alarm goes off at 6:30, but I usually don't get up for another 20 minutes. I get dressed, grab my lunch and tea that I made the night before, and a cup of yogurt and sit down to browse tumblr until my sister is ready to leave. I then take her to school, and drive myself to work where I sit in the parking lot and read for 20 minutes until it's time to go in. Some days I end up sleeping later, or my sister has to be at school early so it's that time spent reading in my car that is like your making coffee. I turn off the radio and sit in the quiet, reading with no interruptions.

@str1cken 9 лет назад

Best ep yet. Love seeing you out of the studio.

@alane.mcadams5384 9 лет назад

I take full ownership of my morning routine, because it's MY morning routine. I get at the same time, got through the same, we'll call them rituals. This of course includes grinding my coffee beans and making my coffee. (Copious amounts of coffee) My ownership of this routine is really defined by the times it's interrupted. If an event or obligation cause a disruption or shorting of the tasks I often feel disjointed for awhile. Even if it's a small thing like having to put coffee in a travel mug and drink it on the drive to an appointment. Any disruptions shine a light on my reliance on the routine. I refer to myself as a "creature of habit." The morning routines done automatically. It takes little thought on my part to do them because I've done them and done them and done them...you get the point.

@Acallaway2569 9 лет назад

I really want to see an episode about the difference between piracy and stealing. I know that the digital removal makes people more likely to "steal", or not pay for something, but I think it would still make a good episode.

@sooth15 9 лет назад

Mike, I really liked getting this little peek into your place (assuming this was filmed in your place). I love that quirky blue mug, the neat reindeer bedding, and all those wonderful plants in the dining room. I feel like the place really shows off some of your personality/individuality/style. I'm also not much of a morning person. If I had it my way, I'd never be up before 10am.

@reblogo 9 лет назад

Loving the new format.

@megamanEXE502 9 лет назад

every morning i open my subbox and watch 1 or 2 videos, this is one of them

@Someone-mm3jl 9 лет назад

I just like the way he talks. Clearly and quickly

@alexshearer4383 9 лет назад

This episode quality seems amazing... Keep up the great job!

@Gamecubethot 9 лет назад

My morning routine involves waking up at 1-2pm, being greeted by cats, trying to convince them to make me coffee but they don't because cats, then trying to do anything productive, getting bored, then watching RU-vid and collectively broadening my viewpoints via other people's content, which is kind of productive if I were to do more than think about the information I take in from this, then I daydream and think about everything I possibly can in order to escape reality. After all that I usually go to bed around 4:55 a.m. and the whole thing cycles.

@canwejustnot 8 лет назад

For one, I totally agree with you. Secondly, I've the same Adventure Time artbook and it's SUCH a great book!! Love it.

@MrCakeSniffer 9 лет назад

Hey, Mike, thanks for the look into both your home and your morning. very informative!

@FantashticIdeas 9 лет назад

My morning routine is I think typical of the technological society that we live in...I wake up, I check my social media sites on my iPhone for notifications then get up, I open up the blinds, make cereal, eat it and get dressed for work/uni then go to work. Is this the same for you? Is your phone/laptop the first thing that you see in the morning or is it a cup of coffee? Watching videos in the morning is definitely part of my waking up process, it just puts me in a good mood. Especially ones where I have to really focus and listen to what is being said. I just couldn't imagine a morning where I wake up and there's no videos, no music, no radio podcasts.

@madisontompkins3749 9 лет назад

I'm really diggin' this new style. Keep it up Mike and Idea Channel team!

@rngwrldngnr 9 лет назад

I quite liked the different setting for this episode, it helped underline the theme, but the variety for its own sake was good too. I'd encourage you to do this again, if you're interested.

@PapaBadDadcumsuckgod 9 лет назад

My morning routine is wake up, wake up, wake up, get out of bed, shower, sitting on my bed cold, get dressed, bike to school. My routine consists of me trying my best to put off and delay the inevitable trip to school.

@josegasca4969 9 лет назад

I really enjoyed the change in scenery. Loved the topics as well.

@nickbaran7951 9 лет назад

This video was really interesting to me because I have a regular enjoyable morning routine. I get up, check internet while the dogs eat their breakfast, I walk them, and then I go to the convenience store for a dark chocolate bar (I'm not a coffee guy). Then I go to work or otherwise engage the day. I have very little trouble getting out of bed when I am on this schedule because I have a responsibility to carry out and then a reward that I look forward to. No matter where I have lived or what job I was doing I constructed similar routines to clear my head and prepare for the day. Also, I'm the only person I've ever met that eats chocolate every morning, therefore my morning routine is mine, and mine alone. ;)

@matthewvenner3182 9 лет назад

I liked the change of setting this episode. Keepin' things fresh :)

@Shaeress 9 лет назад

I used to work at a factory and I think that it's simply that having predictable routines is meditative and calming, as well as knowing something well enough to not really think about it leaves that much more mental energy and time for more (to the person and context in question) important thoughts. I don't think there's more to it than that and it certainly doesn't need to be anything more to it.

@o.jvanderbeek6594 9 лет назад

I like the new setup in this episode. You also have a very nice home, lots of lovely greenery.

@VarietyShop 9 лет назад

I really dig the production value on this, Mike! The extra visual aid really helps to convey the idea.

@Xuazier 9 лет назад

Hahaha watching this in the morning. Perfect timing.

@cronnyberg 9 лет назад

So I just want to start by saying that since the last episode, I have watched every episode of over the garden wall. I absolutely adored it. As for my morning routine, I don't have one at the moment, and it is causing a serious sense of disquiet. This is because I'm currently living at a uni house with other uni students, I'm constantly travelling, I don't have a regular lecture pattern and... well honestly I go out a lot. I really subscribe to this idea of routine being mesmerising, and reducing tension. It makes me think of the old adage that most people think of their best ideas on the toilet, or in the shower, because the repetitive, solitary, mindless nature of these actions allows a certain type of tranquility that can encourage relaxed and authentic thought. My current lack of routine is seriously effecting other aspects of my life; my confidence, my productivity, my diet... the list goes on. Incorporating time for self reflection in your every day routine, even if thats just while making coffee, can be massively beneficial practically, physically, mentally and spiritually. You don't know what you have until you've lost it.

@Michirin9801 9 лет назад

I like how this video was done not on the same place as always... It gives us some variety, something else to look at, it feels fresh...

@shaunaaaah 9 лет назад

My morning routine is mostly around having a shower and getting my brain to come to terms with that it has to be awake. I make sure to leave the house at least once a day or I find myself slipping into depression. I've tried to do the get up early and write for several hours thing, but for some reason the work I can get myself to do when the sun is up is never as good as when I let myself wait until after sundown and work into the wee hours of the morning. Which means I don't get much of my creative work does during the school year.

@okag3 9 лет назад

I really like this new format!

@Vash_Carrison 9 лет назад

As a java aficionado, you have now gained greater respect from me by brewing coffee from a very good method. Bravo.

@felixweedon2258 9 лет назад

I do have a morning ritual. It essentially involves waking up, trying to pretend I haven't woken up then rushing everything else in the last 5 minutes before catching the bus. However, I feel like I've less "collected" this ritual, it's less "mine" than you seem to describe here. I often have mornings where I have the opportunity to sleep in and have a late breakfast and such and when that happens, I feel no loyalty to my own ritual. I would even say that if I woke up at very different times every day I would change my ritual every day. I would say that our morning ritual is more just a series of actions, that, after a while, we have become accustomed to, but that the lack of friction is less from the repetition and more from the choice of action. If you didn't make coffee for several weeks then went back to making a coffee in the middle of the day instead, you'd still find it as relaxing.

@IAmCommonSense 9 лет назад

My mom is always telling me I need I morning routine. It seems like it would definitely help me overcome this weird cloud of never-ending lethargy and desire to sleep all the time.

@nbslector 9 лет назад

This episode was a nice change of pace. The editing is always good, but this episode it was phenomenal, and it was nice to step away from the corner. Really good episode. Also what you were talking about was cool too, I guess :P

@sn0wflake 9 лет назад

I feel like this video got to me at just the right time, as I think about how to turn the next semester into a routine that will allow me to be most productive. I've never had a routine for personal writing before, and I think it will make all the difference. Fantastic video!

@ornleifs 9 лет назад

I absolutely Need my Tea in the morning, recently there was a power failure in my street and so no hot water and therefore no Tea, so the first thing I did when I got to work was to get a cup of Tea, that experience made me realise how important my morning Tea ritual is.