Are you a morning person or rather a night owl?
Daniel Engels
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Lots of developers and a fair share of marketers could be qualified as night owls who don't want to be bothered till 11 am.
Some other professionals are more efficient early in the morning.
What about you? Let's get a snapshop of PH community!
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Matt Heslington@mattheslington
Both. Between midday and around 5pm is my least productive time.
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@mattheslington the good thing, this is the time when most of the businesses and administrations are open. Even in the neighbour time zones.
Sales Sparrow by True Sparrow
Night owl for sure. Whatever daylight I get, it is spent in different meetings. And my work starts at dawn. :)
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@daniel_engels I do :). But most of the time these meetings are for team to organise themselves for the rest of the day.
@sunilkhedar84 interesting: you don't consider meetings as work :)
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Morning for sure, at least in terms of work, I like to get a large amount of work done in the early hours, can then be a little more relaxed in the afternoon and reserve the night for netflix and some good food!
@aaronoleary I'm the same way. Mornings are definitely more productive to me it seems like.
By the way, I'm looking for feedback on AnyGo, a tool used to easily compare the cost of driving and flying between U.S. cities. You can find it on my profile page. Thanks Aaron!
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I really love the night time calmness to be honest and really feel I'm at my most productive time just then. Not always the best time to work though.
@chen_friedman I'm surprised how numerous we are - the night owls.
Am I allowed to say neither? :P jk I'd say night but it depends. Whenever I can get the time, I have to take it.
@chrystalnicole sure! It's completely normal to change work/sleep patterns.
Funny. I wake up at noon after having worked till 5am and I stumble upon this post.
I wouldn't recommend my not-quite-healthy habits but I have to admit night time is perfect for cracking hard problems. It's like you're in some sort of cocoon.
Of course, the fact it's hot as hell during the day right now is another factor.
It depends on what I need to do. Some hard tasks are better evening time. Easy but mechanical work in the morning.
@maksym_astakhov Yeah Maksym. Finding a schedule that fits your lifestyle is the best way forward :)
I'm a night owl but want to be a morning person.
Coding makes me awake at night every day.
I am leaning more toward being a morning person, though I don't mind staying up late occasionally. Waking up early makes me feel I have more time to do meaningful things.
It's 2am here, so I guess the answer is obvious :)
@angrigoryan__ Actually, I find the PH community more active early in the morning (european time)
Flabbergatsed
Morning all the way,but I can definitely work super Kate on my side projects and feel fine with it!
@michael_andreuzza you manage to allocate some time to your side projects a s a founder?
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@daniel_engels I sold my SAAS and one project together. Right now I have a lot of time, I still do work 9 - 5.
Time to build another one...
My side projects become paid projects, I make time for it. If there's a will there's a way.
@michael_andreuzza great to hear that!
Duonut | Conversational AI survey.
My answer would be a combination of options 1 and 3. Normal days morning person, but can adapt if requires.
I've always found myself less distracted/more productive at night BUT, after learning the incredible health detriments to fighting against a normal daily circadian rhythm (sunrise to sunset), I'm almost always a day person now.
@mrgregzen I didn't know of any negative effects (provided you sleep enough hours). Is it something well-proven?
@daniel_engels yes sir. I highly recommend checking out The Huberman Lab podcast to learn more. It's a frequent discussion point but you can get a really good education on the subject by listening to the light exposure, and sleep episodes
Light was a little more recent, and the show started with 2 or 3 episodes dedicated to sleep.
I was a morning person till I joined route. Since my two co-founders are night owls, eventually I wasn't left with any choice. So I am a Night owl too :)
@prasshanth_guru it should have been difficult to change your habits, wasn't it?
@daniel_engels, Yes everything got changed. Starting from my diet to digestive system.
Definitely in the Night Owl position!
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I like to wake up morning every day and finish many tasks as much as I can more than night
I need a fourth option: Tired afternoon duck.
Unconventional but I enjoy doing easy work in the morning and only deep work in the afternoon.
Better be a morning person when being a parent 😅
@benoit_collet good point. Don't know how I'll manage this aspect some day.
@benoit_collet if only they had night schools 😅