For the last few years I have started to set the alarm to go off at T minus 2 hrs. I will turn it off immediately.

The first hour is a leisurely waking up, checking news, posting a few things to Lemmy, and - these days - checking in on my Forge of Empires account, but it has been listening to a podcast at times or just reading. I will do all those before getting out of bed, unless I need to pee.

The second hour is then shower, breakfast, and getting dressed and out of the door.