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Frosties or Facebook in the morning?

18 September 2009

When Dolly Parton sang about the way she started her day in ‘9 to 5’, she didn’t mention anything about checking her email after tumbling out of bed and stumbling to the kitchen. A recent article in the New York Times may show that Dolly’s daily routine might be a thing of the past.

Professor Naomi S. Baron of American University notes: “It used to be you woke up, went to the bathroom, maybe brushed your teeth and picked up the newspaper. But what we do first now has changed dramatically. I’ll be the first to admit: the first thing I do is check my e-mail.”

Furthermore, an analysis of daily web traffic shows a spike at 7am, with people racing for any Facebook messages and emails from colleagues in different time zones.

Although my role at Intrepid is heavily focused on technology, I try very hard to keep my mornings relatively calm. That usually involves me listening to Radio 4 in the kitchen while I make my breakfast or reading the Guardian at Starbucks on the weekend. However, if I’m expecting an important email from friends or colleagues, I might reach for the Blackberry immediately after I turn off the alarm.

So how are your mornings? Are you part of the Dolly Parton crowd whose only worry is to pour yourself a cup of ambition? Or does Facebook trump Frosties on your breakfast table?

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