develop a daily morning routine

http://zenhabits.net/2007/03/discipline-is-illusion-motivate/

During transition times, the routines are so easily disrupted, which is necessary and inevitable. The interesting thing to observe is the amount of time it takes to return to them. Perhaps I need to question the inevitability of their being disrupted. Are the routines not there to help us smoothly navigate the transitions in our life? Perhaps I let them go too easily.
My focus is elsewhere. Doing laundry seems of little consequence. Perhaps it is just the need to play. Need I worry that one day of play will lead to another and the routines that I have worked so hard to create will be abandoned and forgotten?

routine posted like this has been great. It clarifies for me exactly what is essential each day. I use it constantly for reference and then check things off on my Above and Beyond PIM. The combination is working very well for me. Now I’m going to attempt the same thing with a weekly routine, so that I can go from one to another easily.

is working really well for me. I thought that when school was out, I’d have to revise it quite a bit, but really it makes little difference. The routine is much the same whether I am heading off to work or heading out to play. The temptation is there to slack off a bit since the house and yard look great, but I am convinced that hitting the shower early in the day is best. So as much as I dislike it, I will eat that frog as early as I can. (Thanks to Brian Tracy)

Make bed 5
Put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
Dress 10
Gather things for tennis 5
Tennis
Bagels 60
Shower, Dress 20
Kitchen 14

Meds 1

take meds 1
make bed 5
start laundry 5
put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
shower, dress 10
clean kitchen 10
do one thing on paperwork project 10
hair, makeup 4

breakfast 30

Start at 7 am

take meds 1
make bed 5
start laundry 5
put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
dress 10
clean kitchen 10
hair, makeup 4
breakfast 10
do one thing on paperwork project 10
leave for tennis

Start at 6:30 am

dress 12
gather things for tennis: visor, water, cell phone 5
breakfast 8

leave by 6:55 am
tennis 2 hours

take meds 1
make bed 5
start laundry 5
put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
shower, dress 22
clean kitchen 12
hair, makeup 10

do one thing on paperwork project 10

Begin at 7 or 7:30 am

take meds 1
shower, dress 22
hair, makeup 10
breakfast 10
stretch 20
make bed, or strip bed 5
start laundry 5
put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
clean kitchen 12

paperwork 20

Make bed 5
Start laundry 5
Put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
Clean kitchen 13
Shower, dress 22
Do hair, make up 10

This should take me about an hour. My goal is to start by 8am weekdays.
On Saturday, I want to start on this before 11 am, because I love doing whatever I want for the first few hours on Saturday.