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During the early pandemic, neither of my kids had school and my wife wasn't working (and I was running my own company and set the meeting time). So we just tur

During the early pandemic, neither of my kids had school and my wife wasn't working (and I was running my own company and set the meeting time). So we just turned off all the alarms. Went to bed when we wanted, woke up when we wanted. The kids would go to bed around 2am and wake up around 11am. My wife and I would go to bed around 3-4am and wake up at 11am. It was fantastic. Sadly modern life doesn't allow for that, as we have to take them to school at a set time and I have to meet with other people now.

ClimaxGravely 3y ago
That sounds sublime. I'm currently working for a company that allows me to be fairly flexible with my hours and I've found it's been amazing for my productivity. Some days I wake up late and miss a portion of the work day but I'm able to work later and have a fresh mind for the entirety of my work time. With this routine I've found I'm managing to accomplish way more than I did in a previously more rigid environment. Currently I'm an IC so it's easier to have this kind of schedule. At past jobs when I was in more of a managerial role so this wouldn't have been as easy due to the amount of meetings with various partners and employees. This experience has been so positive it's made it so that I'm now pursuing a job/career where I can maintain this lifestyle. I loathe wasting time sitting around because I'm tired.
throwaway2037 3y ago
This is a wild post. Thank you to share! Did you write any blog posts about this experience? I would be a fascinating read.
- jedberg 3y ago
  No, I didn't think it would be that interesting. I tell the story from time to time when it's relevant. :) I mean, my post above is pretty much all there is. We basically lived on that schedule until my daughter started online kindergarten. Then we made her roll out of bed at 8:38 to be online by 8:40.
  - angrais 3y ago
    Am I understanding this correctly: you let your 3-5 year old daughter stay up each night to 02:00? When did the sun set where you lived during that time? I suppose that was a big influence on sleep times?
    - jedberg 3y ago
      Yes, that is correct. And they slept until they weren't tired anymore, which was usually 9ish hours, a totally normal amount of sleep for someone that age. We live in the Bay Area, so the sun was setting around 8pm since it was spring/summer. Our whole family are night owls, but regular society just isn't designed for that. Of course now that they have regular school they have a regular bedtime that still gets them 9+ hours sleep (actually closer to 10 hours), but they are still groggy and slow in the morning because it is not when their body wants to be awake.

ClimaxGravely 3y ago

That sounds sublime. I'm currently working for a company that allows me to be fairly flexible with my hours and I've found it's been amazing for my productivity. Some days I wake up late and miss a portion of the work day but I'm able to work later and have a fresh mind for the entirety of my work time. With this routine I've found I'm managing to accomplish way more than I did in a previously more rigid environment. Currently I'm an IC so it's easier to have this kind of schedule. At past jobs when I was in more of a managerial role so this wouldn't have been as easy due to the amount of meetings with various partners and employees. This experience has been so positive it's made it so that I'm now pursuing a job/career where I can maintain this lifestyle. I loathe wasting time sitting around because I'm tired.

throwaway2037 3y ago

This is a wild post. Thank you to share! Did you write any blog posts about this experience? I would be a fascinating read.

jedberg 3y ago
No, I didn't think it would be that interesting. I tell the story from time to time when it's relevant. :) I mean, my post above is pretty much all there is. We basically lived on that schedule until my daughter started online kindergarten. Then we made her roll out of bed at 8:38 to be online by 8:40.
- angrais 3y ago
  Am I understanding this correctly: you let your 3-5 year old daughter stay up each night to 02:00? When did the sun set where you lived during that time? I suppose that was a big influence on sleep times?
  - jedberg 3y ago
    Yes, that is correct. And they slept until they weren't tired anymore, which was usually 9ish hours, a totally normal amount of sleep for someone that age. We live in the Bay Area, so the sun was setting around 8pm since it was spring/summer. Our whole family are night owls, but regular society just isn't designed for that. Of course now that they have regular school they have a regular bedtime that still gets them 9+ hours sleep (actually closer to 10 hours), but they are still groggy and slow in the morning because it is not when their body wants to be awake.