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Forget Matt D’Avela, Do This Morning Routine Every Day Instead to Boost Fatherliness
Or, why I stopped running and started walking instead
Whether I’d like to or not, I wake up at 6 am. I have an 8-month-old child, and she just likes to wake up right as the night wipes itself into memory. Luckily she doesn’t yell very often, just makes soft baby noises to let us know she’s awake.
Whether I’d like to or not, I have to get up and listen to crowing chickens. Every morning I like to put on my little baby front-pack, that little bag with holes and clips perfect for putting your baby in hand-free mode.
Whether I’d like to or not, I grab a bucket of broken-up bits of corn soaked in water from the last night to feed those chickens. The smallest one is still fit enough to escape into non-chicken territory, some mornings I have to throw her back over. Then I have to carve a path without kicking or stepping on any chickens, they crowd me like 12-year-old girls crowded Justin Bieber when he was relevant. It’s enough to convince me of my own dominance.
Recently it’s been rainy enough that I only have to water the plants when I’d like to.
My favorite part of the morning is when I pour a cup of yesterday’s coffee and lay on the camping mattress in my living room…
