Chris Black

Rise with the sun. I try to get up around 6:30 or so, after about seven hours of sleep, but I can get much less and still function these days.

I don't use an alarm or anything. I sleep with my phone charging in the living room. Typically, right after I crack my eyes open, I worry for five minutes about something I cannot change before shrugging it off and shuffling to the kitchen to pour myself a cold brew. While I get with it, I'll sit down with my trusty MacBook and do some light clicking and surfing: email, Twitter, celeb gossip. After that, it's exercise.

Six days a week I'm working out. I'm either at the YMCA lifting weights, Barry's Bootcamp or taking hot yoga. I've found that exercising in the morning quells any anxiety and helps me focus.

There are multiple bottles of Chameleon Cold Brew in my fridge. They say to dilute with water, but I like mine full strength. Only black. No way I'm polluting my joe with gourmet nut milk or sugar!

Day-to-day, it's usually a banana and Clif Builder's protein bar for breakfast. If I'm feeling myself, though, the raw oatmeal from Juice Press with berry compote is where I'll be. And in a perfect world: a Le Creuset French Press of coffee and a classic omelette from Le CouCou.

The walk from my apartment to the Public Announcement studios in Little Italy is critical. It takes me about 20 minutes and allows me to listen to some music and get my mind right before starting the day.