Daily routine

Q: Is your routine the same every day? A: Weekdays are fairly fixed — same wake-up time, same commute, same general shape to the day. Weekends are where it falls apart, in a good way; I try not to plan too much so there's room for whatever actually feels right on the day. I think I need that contrast, otherwise the week just blurs into itself. Q: Which part of the day do you like most? A: Early morning, oddly enough, before anyone else is really awake. There's something about having an hour to myself with coffee and no obligations yet that sets the tone for everything after it. If that gets disrupted — a bad night's sleep, an early meeting — the rest of the day somehow feels off. Q: Would you like to change your routine? A: I'd like more built-in time for exercise, honestly — it's the thing that gets sacrificed first whenever work gets busy. Beyond that, I'm reasonably happy with the shape of it; the routine itself isn't the problem so much as how strictly I stick to it. I probably need a bit more flexibility, not a whole different structure.