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I do focus better at night, but realized it was a bad trade off because you have to get early later afterwards. I switched my schedule instead and work really

I do focus better at night, but realized it was a bad trade off because you have to get early later afterwards. I switched my schedule instead and work really early in the morning now. I love it because you don't have the "oh f* it's 4am already" if you wake up at 4.

vonseel 13y ago
I work nights, and I do feel like I get more done. I also feel sort of guilty for staying up so late (maybe because I have roommates who work regular hours in offices). Regardless, I'm interested in trying out your method...
- jlengrand 13y ago
  I have switched for money reasons at first (train costs less if you take it before 6am here). I now get up at 5, and am forcing myself to get productive right away. I was blown when I realized after a few days that I roughly get as much stuff done between 5 and 10am that in the whole day before. Just because there is no one else in the office. No phone call, nothing... Nothing would make me change anymore. The only difficult point is to force yourself to go to bed quite early too. For me, it was also a win in fact. My GF goes to bed at 10pm and I used to let her go to bed and code for 4 hours after. Now we go to bed together, which is also better for my relationship :). Win win like ever :)
- jayrobin 13y ago
  I used to be a serious night owl: in university I commonly stayed up till 6-7am working thinking I was at my best. However, since getting into the real world and having a 9-5 I obviously couldn't keep this up, so recently I tried to switch to becoming a morning person. It wasn't easy (especially those first few days), but slowly I managed to push my weekday alarm back to 6am (from 8am: I live just round the corner from where I work) and on weekends to 8-9am. The biggest things that worked for me were: 1. Make the alarm annoying and put it somewhere that forces you to get out of bed 2. Have a good routine that you can follow in your zombified state (e.g. get up, head straight for the shower, get dressed, have breakfast while not browsing HN/reddit, sit down to work) 3. Give yourself a good reason for getting out of bed. For me, this was only allowing myself to work on an exciting new project in the morning before work I still lapse occasionally, but it has made me realise that being a night owl or a morning person is entirely my choice.
  - japhyr 13y ago
    I fell victim to the snooze button for years. I'd set my alarm early, and then hit snooze for literally two hours every morning. I finally started getting up early by ditching my alarm clock altogether. Once I did that, I just started getting up the first time I woke up each morning. I think this approach works because you always wake up at the end of a sleep cycle. I haven't used an alarm clock in over 10 years, and I am way more productive because of that.
    - jlengrand 13y ago
      A simple way to get rid of the snooze problem is simply to put your phone in a location not accessible from your bed. My alarm clock is in my bathroom. I have to get up to stop it. Once it´s done, I am 30 cms away from a hot shower :) I used not to have an alarm clock in the past. The problem I had is that it definitely means that you cannot stay up late the day before, not to wake up too late.

vonseel 13y ago

I work nights, and I do feel like I get more done. I also feel sort of guilty for staying up so late (maybe because I have roommates who work regular hours in offices). Regardless, I'm interested in trying out your method...

jlengrand 13y ago
I have switched for money reasons at first (train costs less if you take it before 6am here). I now get up at 5, and am forcing myself to get productive right away. I was blown when I realized after a few days that I roughly get as much stuff done between 5 and 10am that in the whole day before. Just because there is no one else in the office. No phone call, nothing... Nothing would make me change anymore. The only difficult point is to force yourself to go to bed quite early too. For me, it was also a win in fact. My GF goes to bed at 10pm and I used to let her go to bed and code for 4 hours after. Now we go to bed together, which is also better for my relationship :). Win win like ever :)
jayrobin 13y ago
I used to be a serious night owl: in university I commonly stayed up till 6-7am working thinking I was at my best. However, since getting into the real world and having a 9-5 I obviously couldn't keep this up, so recently I tried to switch to becoming a morning person. It wasn't easy (especially those first few days), but slowly I managed to push my weekday alarm back to 6am (from 8am: I live just round the corner from where I work) and on weekends to 8-9am. The biggest things that worked for me were: 1. Make the alarm annoying and put it somewhere that forces you to get out of bed 2. Have a good routine that you can follow in your zombified state (e.g. get up, head straight for the shower, get dressed, have breakfast while not browsing HN/reddit, sit down to work) 3. Give yourself a good reason for getting out of bed. For me, this was only allowing myself to work on an exciting new project in the morning before work I still lapse occasionally, but it has made me realise that being a night owl or a morning person is entirely my choice.
- japhyr 13y ago
  I fell victim to the snooze button for years. I'd set my alarm early, and then hit snooze for literally two hours every morning. I finally started getting up early by ditching my alarm clock altogether. Once I did that, I just started getting up the first time I woke up each morning. I think this approach works because you always wake up at the end of a sleep cycle. I haven't used an alarm clock in over 10 years, and I am way more productive because of that.
  - jlengrand 13y ago
    A simple way to get rid of the snooze problem is simply to put your phone in a location not accessible from your bed. My alarm clock is in my bathroom. I have to get up to stop it. Once it´s done, I am 30 cms away from a hot shower :) I used not to have an alarm clock in the past. The problem I had is that it definitely means that you cannot stay up late the day before, not to wake up too late.