With the slowdown to everyone’s day, especially their mornings, there’s been a surge of interest in building better morning routines.

The typical wake-up, rush out the door and commute long distances has been replaced, in many cases, with a crawl-out-of-bed and spend half the day waking up. This is not necessarily a bad thing because the people of the world needed to slow down anyway.

However, what to do with the mornings?

Sleep? Exercise? Journal? Meditate?

All good ideas as it gets your mind in the right place for the rest of the day. I’m in awe of those who are up before 5am to get a workout in. I’ve been a big proponent of journaling and meditating upon wake up… as far as my kids will allow, anyway.

However, there’s a group of people who still set the standard for what can be accomplished in a day. They are up at (or before) the crack of dawn and get more done in their morning than most do in a full workday.

Our farmers, who have the critical task of growing our food.

Something tells me they don’t gather together in drawn-out video conference meetings. Perhaps chats and sharing of ideas on efficiency and ways to produce, but it’s certainly not a staple in their day… week… or even month.

They get up, do what needs to get done and call it in at the end. There’s nothing to think about—they just get to it. And when they’re done, they’re done.

It’s a work ethic many of us forget about and perhaps, should spend more time adopting.