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Full stack web developer in .NET. 5:25AM : Alarm goes off. 5:26AM : Make tea in microwave. 5:30AM : Study period where I learn new tech. 6:30AM : Make a dou

Full stack web developer in .NET. 5:25AM : Alarm goes off. 5:26AM : Make tea in microwave. 5:30AM : Study period where I learn new tech. 6:30AM : Make a double espresso. 6:35AM : Catch up on the tech news. Sometimes I play a short video game. 6:50AM : Personal hygiene. 7:05AM : Fresh eggs (from our chickens) over-easy on toast/bagel/English muffin. 7:20AM : My commute. Often in the summer it's 30 minutes and by bike. 7:30AM : Read email, handle any requests. Check our internal task system for what I should be working on. 7:45AM : Greet the incoming devs (I'm almost always in first) and catch up a bit. Start firing up the tools and find my place from yesterday: Visual Studio, SSMS, Notepad++, Beyond Compare, Firefox, Chrome, Outlook, Slack, Lync (yes, both, one for devs, one for management), VLC (for headphone time), Nomad 8:00AM : Go DnD. Check email at 1/2 past the hour. Check task system to see if priorities have changed. 12:00PM : Lunch! 45 minute walk, or play Magic the Gathering. 1:00PM : Go DnD. Check email at 1/2 past the hour. Check task system to see if priorities have changed. 4:30PM: Check my personal email (list for the store?), then I'm outta here! There are random meetings from time to time, but maybe only one or two a week. Honestly, I can't imagine it much better.

wonderwonder 9y ago
Tea... from the microwave... Use a kettle, your life will be renewed. Your days more meaningful and your relationships happier.
- redleggedfrog 9y ago
  Can't pass up a recommendation like that. Out comes the kettle.
  - wonderwonder 9y ago
    Good man
elbrian 9y ago
Purely curious: what's your sleep (quality, schedule) like? I've recently begun waking up at 5:45am and have had a tough time adjusting. I find myself ready for bed at ~8pm more often than not.
- msadowski 9y ago
  Not op but I started waking up at 6:00 starting with this year to work on personal projects in the morning for up to an hour. My sleep quality got much better, I'm usually in bed around 23:00, the biggest difference I noticed is that I'm falling asleep in less than 10 minutes after I lie down. As a side note: I noticed that having proper supply of Magnesium seems to help me a lot to wake up in the mornings.
  - wakkaflokka 9y ago
    I've had horrible sleep my entire life, teens to adulthood. Started taking magnesium citrate supplements at night, using earplugs, and keeping a 100% hard wake-up time at 6:15 am. It's changed things drastically for me - I don't have to have a solid "bed time", I just go to bed when tired (usually 11pm). I fall asleep in 15 minutes compared to an hour. As long as I stick to waking up at 6:15am, I'm golden. Learned this by doing CBT-I, where the therapist would start me off by forcing me to get 4 - 5 hours or less of sleep, and record how long it took me to fall asleep. Then I'd gradually go to bed earlier and earlier until I hit an 'optimal' point.

wonderwonder 9y ago

Tea... from the microwave... Use a kettle, your life will be renewed. Your days more meaningful and your relationships happier.

redleggedfrog 9y ago
Can't pass up a recommendation like that. Out comes the kettle.
- wonderwonder 9y ago
  Good man

elbrian 9y ago

Purely curious: what's your sleep (quality, schedule) like? I've recently begun waking up at 5:45am and have had a tough time adjusting. I find myself ready for bed at ~8pm more often than not.

msadowski 9y ago
Not op but I started waking up at 6:00 starting with this year to work on personal projects in the morning for up to an hour. My sleep quality got much better, I'm usually in bed around 23:00, the biggest difference I noticed is that I'm falling asleep in less than 10 minutes after I lie down. As a side note: I noticed that having proper supply of Magnesium seems to help me a lot to wake up in the mornings.
- wakkaflokka 9y ago
  I've had horrible sleep my entire life, teens to adulthood. Started taking magnesium citrate supplements at night, using earplugs, and keeping a 100% hard wake-up time at 6:15 am. It's changed things drastically for me - I don't have to have a solid "bed time", I just go to bed when tired (usually 11pm). I fall asleep in 15 minutes compared to an hour. As long as I stick to waking up at 6:15am, I'm golden. Learned this by doing CBT-I, where the therapist would start me off by forcing me to get 4 - 5 hours or less of sleep, and record how long it took me to fall asleep. Then I'd gradually go to bed earlier and earlier until I hit an 'optimal' point.