<p>Sure, you guys are able to get “ready” in ten minutes. But my definition of “ready” is simply different. </p>
<p>I brush my teeth for quite awhile. Maybe takes at minimum a three minutes to consider them clean. I have a retainer, as well. Must clean that. I wash my face in the morning. That takes time. Got to get dressed. That takes time. Moisturizer, deodorize, and smell good. That takes time. I don’t really wear makeup. Takes at most five minutes. In total, thirty minutes minimum to have enough time to eat and make it to class with about five minute to settle in. </p>
<p>Nope. If I tried to get ready in ten miniutes, I’d feel unprepared for the day. </p>
<p>See you’re counting other things in that thirty minutes as well. What I count as “getting ready” in the morning is what you do before you need to get out the door, not including the time it takes to get to class and such. I was only counting using the bathroom, brushing teeth, getting dressed, deodorize, wash face, etc, and out the door. Takes about five minutes, maybe ten if I’m moving slow or need to pack my bag or something. I don’t eat breakfast, so that’s a non-issue but I get how that takes people longer.</p>
<p>If we’re also including the time it takes to get to class as well, then it probably takes me forty minutes to “get ready” in the morning–ten minutes to actually get ready, fifteen minutes to drive to campus and park, fifteen minutes to walk from the parking lot to class, although I usually allot for more in case there’s traffic or something.</p>
<p>I get that I was addressing a different question than what the OP originally asked, but I jumped in in the middle and was answering specifically what another poster asked. If your counting the time you get up to the time you sit down in class as “getting ready,” well, then yeah that’s going to take longer. I only count what it takes to get me out the door, which is 5-10 minutes.</p>
<p>For the OP, get up at whatever time you need to get up to do whatever you need to do in the morning. Someone in my class gets up 2 hours before we have to be there, and I get up maybe forty minutes (or less, if I’m going to park closer to class) before class. If you can’t get up early enough, then you have to skip some stuff. When I was in undergrad, I’ve gone to class in my PJs. You have to do what you have to do =D</p>
<p>Everyday I wake up an hour and thirty minutes before class. At minimum getting ready takes thirty minutes this decreasing the hour and thirty minutes. </p>
<p>I do not believe anyone can adequately brush their teeth, wash their face, brush their hair, an get dressed in five minutes. Adequately meaning your teeth are fully brushed, your face is fully washed…like you’re presentable. I just don’t…It would feel so rushed. </p>
<p>This thread has made me want to time myself. I shall do so and share my findings. </p>
<p>@ smurray09: Easy. I just change out of my pajamas into jeans (my pajama top is usually just a camisole that I threw on before going to bed, and I just throw on another shirt over it) and put on a jacket. That takes me a minute. Brushing my teeth takes me another minute and a half. Getting my backpack and phone takes 30 seconds. Getting to the bus stop takes only 2 minutes because there’s a bus stop by my apartment. So that takes me 5 minutes at most, and then I have another 5-8 minutes to wait for the bus to come. I’m not fussy about what clothes I wear to school, as long as it’s clean and appropriate for the weather (aka, I’m sure not wearing a T-shirt and a skirt if it’s 40 degrees or pouring out). I don’t wear makeup when going to classes and I do all my showering at night. I skip breakfast on Tuesdays and Thursdays because my first class ends at 8:50 and I can grab breakfast after.</p>
<p>And I don’t bother with washing my face every single morning like Niquii77, mainly because 1) there’s nothing to wash off, 2) I don’t have acne, blackheads, or any of that stuff, and 3) my skin is already smooth. Seriously, whenever I wash my face, the only thing that happens is it makes me a little more awake. There is NO difference in my complexion. I also naturally have really small pores, so that’s another plus. Makes it less likely for dirt and oil to get into my skin. And washing my face is usually just wetting a washcloth and then lightly scrubbing my face for about 10 seconds with it. I’ve tried different brands of face scrub/wash products before…those did absolutely nothing other than make my facial skin feel tighter than usual.</p>
<p>5 minutes? Probably not. 10 minutes, definitely. If I’m running late (which is always ), I can be out the door in ten minutes but it will be rushed. But I can brush my teeth, brush my hair, wash my face and get dressed presentably and throw some instant coffee in a mug and grab a package of pop tarts and be on that bus early enough to have time to eat my pop tarts in class before class actually starts. </p>
<p>Haha I feel like the only person who hates being rushed in the morning. Id rather wake up earlier and take a lesiurely approach to getting ready - listen to a little music </p>
<p>Amandarin - me too. It’s not ideal being rushed, I was just saying it could be done. I have found out though that even if I have an hour, I will make eggs and watch TV for 45 minutes then rush to get dressed and out the door. Sighh</p>
<p>@Niquii
I just brush 5 minutes twice a day and floss/mouthwash weekly. Works for me that way.
Also you just offered me more insight into why it my lady friends/family nearly x5 longer to get ready. :)) </p>
<p>I hate rushing in the morning too, but I hate waking up even more. I’m not a morning person at all, so I’d rather sleep those extra ten minutes than spend them doing my hair =D Everyone has different priorities.</p>
<p>m/w/f i stay up all night (well to 7:00am, that’s when i catch the bus and consider that i’ve made it through the night) so i can make it to my 8am class. then i come right after that class (only have one on those days) and find my pillow. it feels sooo nice to finally sleep. the other days (t/th) i wake up at 10am and im at school until 4pm.</p>
<p>I don’t wear pajamas, so I don’t have to waste time changing out of them in the mornings. And unless I want to dress myself up, my daily wear is usually comprised of a turtleneck plus a sweater over it (omitted during the summer) and black pants. I don’t go fussing around my closet trying to decide what clothes to wear for the day. If I did, I’d have it planned out the night before and have it out and ready for me to grab the next morning. It takes me literally 30 seconds to put on clothes.</p>
<p>Brushing teeth takes me only two minutes, and that’s the average amount of time needed in order to have your teeth adequately brushed. I don’t need to brush my hair because my hair pretty much naturally falls into place. If you’ve ever watched the Powerpuff Girls episode where Blossom woke up with perfectly straight and unfrizzled hair whereas her sisters woke up with bed hair, that’s pretty much me. I also don’t need to wash my face since I have naturally clear skin (genetics) and no acne whatsoever. </p>
<p>So it only takes me 3-5 minutes at most to get “ready” in the mornings. </p>
<p>LOL I saw this thread on the main page and since I’m having problems getting up for school I just decided to click in. AAhhhh I can’t wait to get into college already, can get abit more sleep in the morning atleast ;)</p>
<p>P.s. I’m a girl and I get ready in 10 mins.</p>
<p>Lol… you guys are hilarious. It takes my roommates about an hour to get ready while I’m done in about 10-15 minutes lol. I do the same as @baktrax. I take my showers at night, I wash my face for a few seconds, really it doesn’t take that long, I brush; etc. Get dressed and most of the time my clothes are already out for the day or I already have an idea of what I’m going to wear and I’m out the door.</p>
<p>I can’t stay late night, so i sleep at 10:pm. As there are pile of practical sheet to be filled, I get up early at 5:00 am. Read up to 7:30, have breakfast, wear uniform n run for college for classes from 9:30 am upto 4:30 pm.</p>
), I can be out the door in ten minutes but it will be rushed. But I can brush my teeth, brush my hair, wash my face and get dressed presentably and throw some instant coffee in a mug and grab a package of pop tarts and be on that bus early enough to have time to eat my pop tarts in class before class actually starts. </p>
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