One thing I’ve come to enjoy about quarantine is my new morning routine. Most mornings I still wake up around 6:15am, as if I were waking up to get ready to go into work. Sometimes I am able to roll over and sleep in until closer to 8am when my work-from-home day begins. But even if I’m up and alert at 6:30am, at least it’s my own body waking me up and not an alarm clock.

In fact, I like waking up earlier, because mornings are now my favorite time of the day. Everything is still quiet, both in my apartment and outside my windows. I have always loved my morning coffee ritual, but it’s even more important these days. Lately, if I’m up early enough before I need to start working, I’ll watch an episode of Hulu’s Normal People (highly recommend this series. The cinematography is brilliant and gorgeous. It reminds me a lot of how The Handmaid’s Tale is shot).

And even though this week we’ve had cooler weather, I’m still getting out in the mornings for a walk, either around the neighborhood or a local park. Granted, being productive in the mornings does tend to make the rest of the day go by pretty slowly, especially in a time like this when you can’t go out to the gym, or to a coffee shop, restaurant/bar later on in the day. But that’s why naps are also so delicious during this time of quarantine.