[09:00] Alarm goes off. I'm totally not a morning person, but because the alarm is so late, I usually convince myself to get up immediately.

[09:40] I leave my apartment and read a newspaper on the tram.

[10:00] Upon arriving at work, I fire up my PC, but let it sit while I visit colleagues and chat with them about our progress and impediments. Sort of like a standup, but much more personal because of the 1-on-1 setup.

[10:30] Catching up with mail and Slack. That's where most of the team is since we're scattered across at least five locations.

Then there is not much structure. I just do what's on my plate, or help others when they're stuck.

We don't have a daily standup, but we do have a weekly all-hands that's mostly used for syncing up with our manager. We report on the important tickets, and he reports about new requirements coming in from other teams.

We also have about a dozen weekly "work stream" meetings where those who deal with a certain topic meet to discuss technical issues regarding that topic. Since we do OpenStack, most of the workstreams are named after OS services, e.g. "Neutron" or "Swift", but there's also cross-topics like "Documentation". Everyone decides by themselves which work streams are relevant for them.

[16:00] is about when I leave. My day is rather short because my contract is for 70% part-time, but I might consider going for full-time again in the future.

[16:30] Upon arriving home, I immediately set a timer for 30 minutes and sit down for my daily meditation. (That's a new routine. I'm in the fifth week right now.)

Then it's dinner and free time.