On average I work between 4.5-5.25 hours per day. I divide my working time in 45 min. sessions with 10 min. breaks in between. To be honest I don’t always take

On average I work between 4.5-5.25 hours per day. I divide my working time in 45 min. sessions with 10 min. breaks in between. To be honest I don’t always take the breaks, which is wrong and is something I need to improve. During a break I stand up, do a chore at home or go to the balcony. In the course of each 45 min. session I do only work with little to no interruptions. No casual Internet browsing, no mails and I try to avoid chats. On average I tend to do 6 to 7 session chunks per day which is more than enough to implement features, fix bugs and write documentation. Distractions. Avoid the ones under your control (reading news, procrastination) and embrace the ones out of your control. When you get a sudden phone call, instead of going directly back to coding, you could read/write mail or answer some work chats. Such activities also count as part of my sessions. No one is there to supervise me, so I need to be _honest_ about the time I dedicate to work in each session. In the end, I exercise self-control to the best of my abilities. I could also do 3 work sessions a day and still get paid, but I don’t believe this is in my favor. Doing more is OK, but I hit a cognitive limit sooner or later, so I only push myself when it’s really needed. When I need to learn new stuff, I do it mostly in the mornings. Memory works best after the brain had some sleep.