Morning Routines
Has anyone noticed as we get older our morning and evening routines get longer?
I swear I have to start getting ready for bed about an hour before I actually get into bed, if not a little sooner.
It's not that it *seems* like that there are new issues popping up which require attending, evening or mornings, or evenings *and* mornings, but that there actually *are* new things cropping up.
What with the night shower, extra hair care I now seem to require, moisturizing pretty-much everything, moving the humidifier from the living room to the bedroom, taking out my dentures, (I have no back molars), brushing them (get this, with hand soap) and wrapping them. (I admit I do love my dentures. Those things are so badass. I like that the little metal bars are just visible if I smile wide enough.)
Anyway then there’s prepping medicines for the next day, (which I'm happy to report are becoming fewer and fewer), filling a water glass for the night, make-up removing followed by facial scrubbers (because waterproof mascara *does not* come off in the shower), followed by ocular and jawline muscle exercises, eye drops, Aloe Vera gel on my elbows, prepping my audiobook, finding my sleep mask and making sure I can reach the tissues during the night, should I need them.
Seriously, that's just before I go to bed at night, although I admit I tend to be a lot more relaxed about when and how long it takes to do morning things, e.g., showers, hair, make-up (if I feel like it), body exercise (when I feel like doing them), etc.
Still, this is getting ridiculous. I'm getting tired. At some point I'm just going to let my face slide off my skull and the rest of my body dry up like a husk until I blow away in the next strong wind before I can grab onto a lamp post.
Remember when we used to fall into bed with make-up on and the t-shirt we’d been wearing all day, and deal with it in the morning?
Or was that just me?
Holy Crow, is *this* just me? :/
Side Question: Does anyone know if canonical tags are necessary in posts like this one if I'm also posting on another forum? - Or does that just apply to biz, selling things, etc.?
Has anyone noticed as we get older our morning and evening routines get longer?
I swear I have to start getting ready for bed about an hour before I actually get into bed, if not a little sooner.
It's not that it *seems* like that there are new issues popping up which require attending, evening or mornings, or evenings *and* mornings, but that there actually *are* new things cropping up.
What with the night shower, extra hair care I now seem to require, moisturizing pretty-much everything, moving the humidifier from the living room to the bedroom, taking out my dentures, (I have no back molars), brushing them (get this, with hand soap) and wrapping them. (I admit I do love my dentures. Those things are so badass. I like that the little metal bars are just visible if I smile wide enough.)
Anyway then there’s prepping medicines for the next day, (which I'm happy to report are becoming fewer and fewer), filling a water glass for the night, make-up removing followed by facial scrubbers (because waterproof mascara *does not* come off in the shower), followed by ocular and jawline muscle exercises, eye drops, Aloe Vera gel on my elbows, prepping my audiobook, finding my sleep mask and making sure I can reach the tissues during the night, should I need them.
Seriously, that's just before I go to bed at night, although I admit I tend to be a lot more relaxed about when and how long it takes to do morning things, e.g., showers, hair, make-up (if I feel like it), body exercise (when I feel like doing them), etc.
Still, this is getting ridiculous. I'm getting tired. At some point I'm just going to let my face slide off my skull and the rest of my body dry up like a husk until I blow away in the next strong wind before I can grab onto a lamp post.
Remember when we used to fall into bed with make-up on and the t-shirt we’d been wearing all day, and deal with it in the morning?
Or was that just me?
Holy Crow, is *this* just me? :/
Side Question: Does anyone know if canonical tags are necessary in posts like this one if I'm also posting on another forum? - Or does that just apply to biz, selling things, etc.?