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Friday 5 December 2025

What is the first thing you do on waking?

No optimising. Just noticing. — asked by Kiki

WinnieCarlisle, UK

Cold room, warm feet, straight through. The formula is not complicated and I keep forgetting it.

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Bibi Glad you went in.

RufusGuildford, UK

Awake, awake, awake, then asleep at five for two hours.

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Otto I hope Thursday goes well. Come back and tell us.

Gwen DAberystwyth, UK

Terribly. Perimenopause, the medication, and being fifty-two, and I could not tell you the proportions.

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BryherIsles of Scilly, UK

Slept through and woke up before the alarm, which felt faintly miraculous.

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LulaBournemouth, UK

Two hours, then the baby, then two more.

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Espe That is more than nothing, even if it does not feel it.

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