Funny how little my start-the-workday routine has changed.

For the past three jobs, I’ve had basically the same start-the-workday routine.

  1. Drop lunch in the fridge
  2. Make coffee, typically for the office
  3. Blast music – typically something that I enjoy but no one else in the office does
  4. Quick pass through email to winnow out the items that need response
  5. Make up a to-do list for the day (or week)
  6. Sort the rest of the to-dos that came out of my inbox into some sort of priority order
  7. Respond to the top 3 worrisome items in my email box

So predictable…