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It's interesting how much more productive and motivated one is when working early in the morning, versus just dragging through the night, when most of the time

It's interesting how much more productive and motivated one is when working early in the morning, versus just dragging through the night, when most of the time only passive consumption of information/news is possible. I guess this has something to do with our willpower depletion - see here for more http://blog.bufferapp.com/what-the-research-on-habit-formation-reveals-about-willpower-and-overall-well-being http://blog.bufferapp.com/what-the-research-on-habit-formati...

SoftwareMaven 14y ago
The "one" who is more productive and motivated in the morning does not describe me in any way. As much as I love mornings, when I wake up early, I am fairly useless the rest of the day. On the other hand, I can start coding at 10pm and have 3am show up without realizing there was anything in between. I really wish I was a morning person, but I'm not. I'm tired of "normal" being dictated by those same people under the guise of, "you'll be a better person for it" (note: please don't read this as me thinking you are saying that!). I know myself well enough to know that is false. At this point, I am so happy to be working at home full time, where I can wake up and start working at the time that works for me, whatever time that happens to be that day.
- e12e 14y ago
  My brother found the explanation for this: While those of us that are more active at night were still sleeping, the morning people decided what the proper schedule should be. On a more serious note, there is a big difference between "A" and "B" people (sometimes tied to A and B blood types -- I've not really tested this -- I'm definitively not much of a "morning" person -- but I am flexible -- I can get up at 2-3 am and work, or sleep until noon -- normally I prefer to be up for 5-8 hours before I do any "work" -- and I am always more productive in the afternoon (as defined by how many hours it has been since I got up). My blood type is AB -- so maybe there is a correlation there. I have some friends I've worked with that are absolutely useless after around 10 pm -- and others that are absolutely useless before 10 am. And a few that are more like me -- they adapt easily to either way -- and also function quite well even when under severe sleep deprivation -- or on an irregular sleep schedule.
- smoyer 14y ago
  I wasn't disparaging the "better at night" programmers ... why should you switch if your work habits are right for you? In fact, I'd rather not talk anyone into switching as that would mean more people up early and less quiet for me.

SoftwareMaven 14y ago

The "one" who is more productive and motivated in the morning does not describe me in any way. As much as I love mornings, when I wake up early, I am fairly useless the rest of the day. On the other hand, I can start coding at 10pm and have 3am show up without realizing there was anything in between. I really wish I was a morning person, but I'm not. I'm tired of "normal" being dictated by those same people under the guise of, "you'll be a better person for it" (note: please don't read this as me thinking you are saying that!). I know myself well enough to know that is false. At this point, I am so happy to be working at home full time, where I can wake up and start working at the time that works for me, whatever time that happens to be that day.

e12e 14y ago
My brother found the explanation for this: While those of us that are more active at night were still sleeping, the morning people decided what the proper schedule should be. On a more serious note, there is a big difference between "A" and "B" people (sometimes tied to A and B blood types -- I've not really tested this -- I'm definitively not much of a "morning" person -- but I am flexible -- I can get up at 2-3 am and work, or sleep until noon -- normally I prefer to be up for 5-8 hours before I do any "work" -- and I am always more productive in the afternoon (as defined by how many hours it has been since I got up). My blood type is AB -- so maybe there is a correlation there. I have some friends I've worked with that are absolutely useless after around 10 pm -- and others that are absolutely useless before 10 am. And a few that are more like me -- they adapt easily to either way -- and also function quite well even when under severe sleep deprivation -- or on an irregular sleep schedule.
smoyer 14y ago
I wasn't disparaging the "better at night" programmers ... why should you switch if your work habits are right for you? In fact, I'd rather not talk anyone into switching as that would mean more people up early and less quiet for me.