For the past three jobs, I’ve had basically the same start-the-workday routine.
- Drop lunch in the fridge
- Make coffee, typically for the office
- Blast music – typically something that I enjoy but no one else in the office does
- Quick pass through email to winnow out the items that need response
- Make up a to-do list for the day (or week)
- Sort the rest of the to-dos that came out of my inbox into some sort of priority order
- Respond to the top 3 worrisome items in my email box
So predictable…