Successful women shared their morning routines with us. Lemon water, dance parties, and phone time are key.
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Successful women shared their morning routines with us. Lemon water, dance parties, and phone time are key.
Stephanie Davis, 38, was named a BI rising star in equity research for her work at banks including JPMorgan and Citi. She said her mornings rarely start at the same time. She uses a $3,000 mattress pad from Eight Sleep to wake her up more naturally. Davis also relies on technology in her home, and says Amazon Alexa handles a chunk of her routine.. She likes to take her dog Lucky for a walk — preferably before checking her email.
Stephanie Davis, 38, was named a BI rising star in equity research for her work at banks including JPMorgan and Citi. Now, she’s on advisory boards across the healthtech industry.
Davis said her mornings rarely start at the same time.
“Having a very set morning routine is a luxury for a lot of women,” she told BI. “So generally, I wake up around 7 a.m., but there are days when it has to be a lot earlier. Other days, I’m so burned out from the week that I try to sleep in a little bit more.”
She’s not a fan of alarm clocks and says waking up to loud noises sets a bad tone for the day, so she uses a $3,000 mattress pad from Eight Sleep, which warms to wake her up more naturally.
She then likes to take her dog Lucky for a walk — preferably before checking her email as a reminder that she “gets to be human” before starting work — and drinks an iced coffee “for survival.”
Davis also relies on technology in her home, and says Amazon Alexa handles a chunk of her routine.
“It opens the blinds, tells me the weather, runs through my schedule,” she said. “Sometimes, I play a mindfulness minute while I’m brushing my teeth. Alexa allows me to do a lot of things for myself and be educated on what I need for the day, without having to seek that information myself.”
What’s really key to Davis’ productive start is knowing that “the morning starts the night before.”
“Being a woman in business, it’s chaos. You’re the CEO of your franchise and the COO of your family,” she said. “So I look at my calendar the night before and say, ‘All right, these are the things that need to get done tomorrow in my finite 24 hours. Let me figure out how to fit it all in there.'”
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/womens-morning-routines-for-success-productivity-2025-7