Is it grammatically acceptable to use "would" to describe a present daily routin...

I have a question about the use of "would" for describing habitual actions.

I know that "would" is commonly used to talk about past habits (repeated actions in the past that no longer happen), similar to "used to." For example:

• When I was a kid, I would play outside every day.

However, I recently came across a paragraph where a speaker is describing their present daily routine, and they use "would" throughout, even though the routine is still happening now. Here is the exact text:

• Usually the first thing I would do is put the kettle on to make a cup of coffee. And then I would jump in the shower, have a shave. Sometimes I eat breakfast but if I’m running late, which is usually the case, I would skip breakfast and then just head out toward the train station. It takes about forty-five minutes to get to work and then I check my email and get started for the day.

What confuses me is that the speaker mixes "would" with the present simple (e.g., "I eat breakfast," "It takes," "I check") in the same description of a current routine. This doesn't seem to fit the standard rule that "would" is only for past habits.

Those instances of would should be will. There are no sources of any kind - online or off - that sanction the use of preterite would for actual habitual actions in the present: they all simply mention them separately for obvious reasons. If there were cases where would were allowed for actual habits in the present, they would surely show up somewhere in reference works on the subject like Modality and the English Modals by F.R. Palmer, but they make no mention of this.

There is a use of would that does express that an action (one that may be happening in the present) is characteristic of the subject. But this is not what's happening in the example in the OP.

Would, often stressed, may also be used to refer to a single action that is typical of the subject. This is more easily accounted for if we think of this third type of subject oriented WILL (7.1.3) as 'typical' rather than 'habitual'. Thus Leech has:

• Of course, he would put his foot in it. (Leech 1969: 236)

This is a possible alternative explanation of the example from Halliday (3-5-3):

• They would telephone me just as I was going to sleep. (Halliday 1970:

(Modality and the English Modals; F.R. Palmer)

The typical explanation as per the Cambridge Dictionary

Habitual actions in the past

We use would to refer to typical habitual actions and events in the past. This is usually a formal use and it often occurs in stories (narratives):

I had a friend from Albany, which is about 36 miles away, and we would meet every Thursday morning and she would help us.

Then he would wash; then he would eat his toast; then he would read his paper by the bright burning fire of electric coals.

Habitual events

We use will to refer to events that happen often:

[talking about a younger sister, Celia, who doesn’t eat properly; she refers to Celia]

Celia will start to get upset if she has to eat cabbage or meat like chicken breast. My mum will say, ‘Just try it’. And she’ll start shaking her head and going, ‘No. I don’t want to’. Mum will put it near her mouth and she’ll start to cough.