As somebody who up until recently couldn't tell you whether I'd be waking up nearer to 1PM or 1AM the following week, I'm quite proud of this routine.

    1. Alarm goes off at 4:55am

    2. Sit down at my desk with a sharpie and big sketch pad for 10-30 minutes. There
       are no real objectives, I just put what I'm thinking down on paper, may it be
       doodles, a brief todo list, ideas, concepts, etc.

    3. Shower/teeth + dressed

    4. Grab some light breakfast, check email/twitter, and read HN/GReader/etc.
       (it's ~9:30pm PST at this point, so still active, but within hours everything
       dies down, so I dont waste as much time procrastinating.)

    5. Start work at ~6am