A lot of people can wake up in the morning, go through their routine, and be out the door in 15 minutes. Not so with transmen. It's really annoying because I'm always tired and I want to sleep in, but no, I have to take an hour to make myself presentable as a boy. My morning routine consists of:
1. Dragging myself out of bed
2. Brushing my teeth
3. Showering
4. Standing in front of the mirror, examining my chest, and trying to determine whether it has miraculously gotten any smaller overnight
5. Running a hand through my hair to feel how long it is and wondering what constitutes as too long and trying to work out a budget so that I may be able to afford a haircut before Christmas
6. Locating my packer. I have to allow extra time if it needs washing and/or an application of corn starch to keep the material from being too sticky
7. Finding the most comfortable pair of underwear to wear over my packer
8. Wrestling myself into my binder. I need to allow extra time if I'm wearing my newest binder, because it hasn't been stretched out as much as my last one and requires a lot of yanking and thrashing and wiggling to bring it completely over my chest
9. Selecting the pants and shirt that make me look flattest
10. Putting on my shoes, and taking a moment to lament that I am still wearing the same worn-out old pair and reworking the budget in my head so as to allow myself a new pair before the old ones fall apart completely
11. Trying to decide whether to wear a hat or not. Does it make me look more like a boy? Will people notice?
12. Going out and fretting over whether or not I pass well enough
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