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Linkbait headline. tldr; I realized I am more productive when not interrupted during tasks that require thinking (specifically, ignoring phone calls and emails

Linkbait headline. tldr; I realized I am more productive when not interrupted during tasks that require thinking (specifically, ignoring phone calls and emails while working). I thought this was going to be about an actual 26 hour day, which is entirely possible (and a very interesting subject).. but don't even think about maintaining a 26 hour schedule in 24 hours of time.

abhpdk 14y ago
"I thought this was going to be about an actual 26 hour day, which is entirely possible (and a very interesting subject).." Do you mean sleeping 'x' amount of time every '26-x' hours? That is a very interesting notion. It creates an illusion of having more hours in a day. Of course, this comes at cost. If you were to sleep at 12.00am one day, you will have to sleep at 2am the next, and 4am the day after that and so on.
- jgeralnik 14y ago
  Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/320/ http://xkcd.com/320/
- guynamedloren 14y ago
  Yep, exactly that. The idea is to sleep the same amount of time as you normally would (8 hrs, for example) but stay awake longer. With a 28 hour day you'd come full circle in a week (I think), but with 6 days in your week instead of 7, and 120 hrs awake vs 112 hrs. Edit: oops, just noticed jgeralnik beat me to it, with illustrations and all!
kentosi 14y ago
I also get sceptical when I read lifestyle-changing formula posts such as this because there's usually never any indication of time/duration. How long as he been maintaining this new schedule for? If he only started this a week ago, what's to say that this won't change the next week with an ever more optimised formula?
- andrewdumont 14y ago
  I've been maintaining this schedule for the past year and consistently tweaked it before then to find the schedule that resulted in the greatest productivity -- this was it.
  - kentosi 14y ago
    Ah, in that case consider me impressed. Though I have a question: how do you manage the lack of (death to your?) social life when you need to get to bed at 9?

abhpdk 14y ago

"I thought this was going to be about an actual 26 hour day, which is entirely possible (and a very interesting subject).." Do you mean sleeping 'x' amount of time every '26-x' hours? That is a very interesting notion. It creates an illusion of having more hours in a day. Of course, this comes at cost. If you were to sleep at 12.00am one day, you will have to sleep at 2am the next, and 4am the day after that and so on.

jgeralnik 14y ago
Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/320/ http://xkcd.com/320/
guynamedloren 14y ago
Yep, exactly that. The idea is to sleep the same amount of time as you normally would (8 hrs, for example) but stay awake longer. With a 28 hour day you'd come full circle in a week (I think), but with 6 days in your week instead of 7, and 120 hrs awake vs 112 hrs. Edit: oops, just noticed jgeralnik beat me to it, with illustrations and all!

kentosi 14y ago

I also get sceptical when I read lifestyle-changing formula posts such as this because there's usually never any indication of time/duration. How long as he been maintaining this new schedule for? If he only started this a week ago, what's to say that this won't change the next week with an ever more optimised formula?

andrewdumont 14y ago
I've been maintaining this schedule for the past year and consistently tweaked it before then to find the schedule that resulted in the greatest productivity -- this was it.
- kentosi 14y ago
  Ah, in that case consider me impressed. Though I have a question: how do you manage the lack of (death to your?) social life when you need to get to bed at 9?