I'm lucky to have a client whose expectation is that daily tasks are completed by 5pm. When I tried to keep a daytime schedule this was very, very hard for me t

I'm lucky to have a client whose expectation is that daily tasks are completed by 5pm. When I tried to keep a daytime schedule this was very, very hard for me to do. Now however, I'm able to consistently feel rested and alert each day and I work during my productive hours. If my productive hours are after 5pm, chances are I'm working on my tasks for the next day. It's possible to communicate this with new clients and set expectations for availability and productive hours, but it obviously wouldn't work for every client or every kind of work. I'd set the expectation from the beginning—this is how I work, and this is how I'll ensure that communication does not break down on weeks when I'm keeping odd hours. If the client is happy with the flow of communication and the work, it shouldn't matter what time of day you're working. I'm even interested in exploring what kind of opportunities this opens up that normally would not be available, like doing contract work for multi-national companies or finding international clients. It's not something I've looked into much but I'm very interested in.