Workout Organization/Prepping

How do have I learned to stay organized for workouts and eating?

The biggest for me is to always be thinking about the next 24 hours:  What will I eat? What will I wear? What can I pack now?  When am I going to bed?

I go even as far as to write these on a 3x5 card and put them in my pocket.  Half the card for work, half the card for personal including workout/prep stuff.  (props to Zig Ziglar for this tip)

I also look to continually optimize my routine; How can I save more time? 

• Clothing
• Running shorts = no underwear required.  Barefoot shoes without socks.  
• Set coffee brewer night before so coffee is ready when I wake up.  Or make cold brew the night before. Take a pre-workout pill.
• Keep as much stuff at work as they allow.  Tubs of protein.  Canned tuna.  Condiments.  Frozen meals.  Clean as much stuff at work as you can get away with; blender bottles, food containers.
• I wear one jacket.  Insulated wind breaker with hoodie.  Can use year-round for pretty much all situations.
• I commute over one hour, so I go to gym near work, so I've beaten all the traffic when I get there early in the morning.
• Eat as much of the same thing as you can stand.  Easier to prep and easier to stick to a known meal plan.
• Leave work shoes at work. Wear gym shoes to work and change there.
• Take a nap at work at lunch if you can/are too tired.
• Grow a beard.  You don't have to shave everyday.
• Brush your teeth/shave in the shower.  I find this also useful at the gym because you don't have to then put your toiletry back down at the sink or 
• Electric shave in the car. (at stoplights or in the drive-thru)
• And always,always, do multiple meal prep on the weekend.  Batching, doing one specific task repeatedly then moving onto a different task, saves time.
• I put stuff in the same spot in my gym bag.  It makes it easier mentally and it makes it easier to spot if something is missing.
• To dry all my stuff, I keep a clothes rack in the car.  The kind that goes from each side of the car.  I can lay out my huge towel and hang up my clothes.  I then put my shoes and socks in the back glass.  I crack the windows while at work and everything gets dry and without moldy smell.