What are your EDDs?

[beergut]

 At football practice, they have EDDs, or 'Every Day Drills', which are what they say they are, drills they do every day. They're usually basic fundamentals that train muscle memory, and are key to the schemes teams run on offense or defense. In a way, EDDs make teams what they are.

 What are your EDDs in life that make you who you are? 

 For me, I check the markets, read about sports online, blog. Four days a week, I add a trip to the gym to that list.

 What are things you do every single day?

[Nazgul Girl]

  This is an interesting subject.   I usually wake up, put the dog out  ( ! ), make the bed, eat breakfast, scan what's going on in the computer, such as this forum, real estate for sale re: potential rentals, spot price of gold and silver on the London exchanges, then go through my morning routine to get ready and dressed.   I already have an idea of what tasks I want to accomplish for the day, which usually get done in the mornings, and figure out a good place for DH and I to go walking that day.   He has a different sleep schedule than I do, so I catch my "me" time early in the morning.  

   This has turned into a very beneficial routine for me since I've retired.   I'm much more relaxed.

[thyme4change]

Reading your list I have to laugh at when my husband and I went to Europe 14 years ago (before the internet was quite so prevalent.)  Every morning we would go down to this coffee shop and get some breakfast, and every morning my husband grabbed the newspaper and read the sports page.  All the news was about cricket and some other sport he didn't know anything about.  Nothing about any American sports - but he couldn't NOT read the sports page.  Hilarious.

My EDD seems to consist of checking this page and worst - Facebook - even if they bring me little to no joy.  Half the time Facebook just makes me angry, but for some reason, I must check it.  

[Artemis Windsong]

Wake up.  Drink 8 ounces lemon water or plain water.
Greet and kiss my DH. (several times a day).
Get the newspaper and begin reading it.
Breakfast, shower, pack gym bag and/or get waters.
Go to the gym or another sport.
Snack, home and may shower again.
Check calendar for activities and compare with DH if he's home.
Internet if too much time before lunch or lunch.
Nap.
A lot of interneting or TV watching.
Dinner, TV or internet.
Bed at 10:00 p.m. or so.

Grocery and other shopping as well as house cleaning but not all in one day.

[beergut]

 I honestly think if you experience the misfortune of being unemployed, your EDDs can carry you through, because you still have things you have to do every day that make you who you are.

[achelois]

Jul 19, 2014 16:20:59 GMT -5 beergut said:

 I honestly think if you experience the misfortune of being unemployed, your EDDs can carry you through, because you still have things you have to do every day that make you who you are.

I have just embraced being unemployed.  I retired the end of a June, so I am just staring to get a routine worked out. 

The girls (my dachshunds) still insist on going out at 4 am--that was when I got up when working. I must work on that. At least I can go back to bed til 7 am now. 

Then I get up and feed them, give new water to them and make my coffee. Read the news online, check out a few boards and take a shower. 

At 8 pm I get on the treadmill for about an hour and a half.  In between, I am still getting used to having so much time. I have been sleeping a lot and feeling sooooo much less stress. Have been working in the yard and want to give the whole house a really good cleaning so I can have the inside painted. 

[sapphire12]

Walk
Check the markets, when it's open.
Check this board. LOL.
Check my acct balances -- checking, savings, credit cards, retirement, investment. I'm mostly looking for fraudulent activity. But, it's also nice to see acct balances go up; down not so much fun, but I still look.
Read Twitter.
Eat ice cream.

[msventoux]

Have coffee or tea, and chocolate.  Take care of the animals.  Check this board and a few others.  Check my accounts online.  Steal some of my stuff back from my klepto cat.  Berate another cat for tipping over every small garbage can.  Hide a tennis ball from the dogs until they finally realize I have it on me somewhere.  Set out my clothes for the next day.  Clear the caffeine area before going to bed so nothing gets in my way of getting caffeine first thing in the morning. 

[moneymaven]

In no particular order: Have my coffee (or several), review my calendar for the day, may or may not be a gym day, smother my child with hugs and kisses and repeat how much I love him as much as I possibly can, never hang up the phone with DH without saying I love you, call at least my parents and/or siblings every day. Catch up on news via twitter, listen to a song that makes me happy en route to work, spend some time with our dog, review my to do/check lists for home and work, write a new to do/check list for the following day. Always clean the kitchen before bed, make sure bags are packed (purse, briefcase, DS' backpack, etc) and ready for the next day. There's a ton more. I'm a total creature of habit.

[Deleted]

The only EDD I can think of is having my first coffee and getting my day organized in my head each morning. Even at work, I have that first coffee and chat with my assistant and by the time it is done we have caught up on any info we need to share and agreed on the days goals and tasks. At home I get my first coffee, maybe check the internet and make my plan for my day.

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

Post cute cat photos on Facebook.
Delete stupid Facebook posts.
LIKE a gazillion cat pictures on Facebook.
Check for and process cat applications.
Answer cat-related emails.

BREAKFAST.
Read news sites online.

Post cute cat photos on Facebook.
Delete stupid Facebook posts.
LIKE a gazillion cat pictures on Facebook.
Check for and process cat applications.
Answer cat-related emails.

Water plants.
Water cats.
Feed cats.
Pick up after cats.
Pet cats.
Play with cats.
Feed birds.

LUNCH.
Check online forums.

Post cute cat photos on Facebook.
Delete stupid Facebook posts.
LIKE a gazillion cat pictures on Facebook.
Check for and process cat applications.
Answer cat-related emails.

Read.
Swim.

Wander aimlessly around the Internet.

DINNER
Check online forums

Post cute cat photos on Facebook.
Delete stupid Facebook posts.
LIKE a gazillion cat pictures on Facebook.
Check for and process cat applications.
Answer cat-related emails.


Disclaimer ~ I am the full-time Facebook administrator the nation's largest cat rescue and sanctuary. I also coordinate all fundraising activities for the non-profit, and I process/investigate almost all online adoption applications. I answer a lot of cat-rescue related emails. I write stories for adoptable kittens. Two days a week, I staff the adoption center. So ... off and on ... all day long ... I'm managing the Facebook page, online fundraisers, dealing with cat applications, etc.

[beergut]

Jul 19, 2014 17:48:59 GMT -5 achelois said:

Jul 19, 2014 16:20:59 GMT -5 beergut said:

 I honestly think if you experience the misfortune of being unemployed, your EDDs can carry you through, because you still have things you have to do every day that make you who you are.

I have just embraced being unemployed.  I retired the end of a June, so I am just staring to get a routine worked out. 

The girls (my dachshunds) still insist on going out at 4 am--that was when I got up when working. I must work on that. At least I can go back to bed til 7 am now. 

Then I get up and feed them, give new water to them and make my coffee. Read the news online, check out a few boards and take a shower. 

At 8 pm I get on the treadmill for about an hour and a half.  In between, I am still getting used to having so much time. I have been sleeping a lot and feeling sooooo much less stress. Have been working in the yard and want to give the whole house a really good cleaning so I can have the inside painted. 

The first year my mother was retired, she spent A LOT of time sleeping. I think she was simply catching up on all the sleep debt she had from her career. She also spent a lot of time going to lunch with her girlfriends, making up all the lunches she had to miss while working.

[mamasita99]

Morning coffee, while I scan the internet. When the dog finally rolls out of bed I let her out, give her a treat, and help her back into bed. Wake the kids up with a quiet countdown, and start the day.

EDD I want to add: treadmill workout 20 minutes intervals, 15 minutes of strength training, before waking up the kids. I end up squeezing this in 3 times a week after work, and I would rather it be first thing in the morning so it gives my day a great rush of feel-good chemicals.

[ginpin]

My EDD used to consist of:

Get up

feed dog and cat, give cat meds

Check bank balances, FB, Proboards, etc

Shower then off to work.

NOW it consists of:

Get up

feed puppy, dog and cat, give cat meds.

Keep puppy busy for an hour or so, make sure he goes potty, make sure he nor the dog wake up the neighbors, he doesn't chew inappropriate things, he doesn't bother the cat, he doesn't piss off the dog, etc.

stick puppy in his crate so I can shower then off to work.

Why did I think that a puppy would be a good idea??