My Typical Day

I've seen posts from a number of people describing what a typical day looks like for them. Before reading the posts, I thought a post about _My Typical Day_ would be mundane and uninteresting. But having a glimpse into how people work and stay productive is really interesting to me.

Iโ€™ve seen posts from a number of people describing what a typical day looks like for them. Before reading the posts, I thought a post about My Typical Day would be mundane and uninteresting. But having a glimpse into how people work and stay productive is really interesting to me.

So, in case anyone has the same stalker mentality as myself, hereโ€™s what a typical working day looks like for me:

โฐ 06:30 - My alarm starts squawking and itโ€™s time to get up (assuming the kids havenโ€™t woken us up already).

๐Ÿšฟ 07:00 - Time to hop in the shower and get some of that stink off me!

โ˜• 07:20 - Itโ€™s coffee time!

๐Ÿš— 07:30 - If Iโ€™m working from home Iโ€™ll spend some time with my wife and kids before starting work. If Iโ€™m in the office, I hop in the car (or motorbike is itโ€™s a nice day) and commute in.

๐Ÿข 08:00 - I either head upstairs to my study, or by this time Iโ€™m in the office and ready to get cracking.

๐Ÿค 08:30 - My first meeting is usually at 08:30, which is a handover from our team in Singapore.

๐Ÿ“ข 09:00 - Is the InfoSec teamsโ€™ standing meeting where we share what each team has been working on over the last day. Itโ€™s a great way to collaborate, debate risk and assess any potential business impacting issues.

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ 09:30 - 12:00 - The rest of my morning tends to consist of a mixture of meetings with my various teams, 1:1 meetings (which are the most important meetings I attend), management meetings, or (God forbid) response bridges if we have a significant InfoSec issue that requires my input.

๐Ÿฒ 12:00 - 13:00 - This is usually when I try to take lunch, but to be honest, thatโ€™s very rare. I usually just eat at my desk and multi-task.

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ 13:00 - 16:00 - Since I work for Bank of America and Iโ€™m in the UK, my afternoons tend to be more meeting heavy. These meetings tend to be strategic and business focused.

๐Ÿ  16:00 - 16:30 - Time to sign off, and if Iโ€™m working from the office, commute home. This can sometimes slip if thereโ€™s something urgent that needs my attention.

๐Ÿฝ 17:00 - Family dinner. This is very important to us. We always try to ensure we have our dinner at the table, as a family. Itโ€™s a good time where we all catch up on the events of the day.

๐Ÿ›€ 18:00 - Itโ€™s bath-time for the kids, so they can wash their (much worse) stink off! My wife has usually had the kids for a fair proportion of the day by this point, so bath-time is my job.

๐Ÿ›Œ 19:00 - Story and bed for the kids. My wife does one kid, I do other - we swap around daily.

๐Ÿ• 19:30 - I take the dog out for a walk. This is my time to relax, usually with a podcast or some music.

๐Ÿ›‹ 20:30 - My wife and I have a cuppa (or a beer), we have our daily โ€œparent de-briefโ€ and usually watch some TV. Or, just sit and talk. If I need to, I catch up on work stuff here too.

๐Ÿ› 22:30 - Bedtime for my wife and I. Weโ€™re both usually knackered by this point, so we head off to bed ready to do it all again the next day!

Others

Hereโ€™s links to the My Typical Day posts of others that I have found interesting - Chris Coyier, Dave Rupert and Colin Devroe.

If you found this interesting, why not think about publishing a My Typical Day post on your own blog. If you do, please let me know.

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