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What part of the day are you most productive?
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@keren_brickman Really interesting about the sleep time. Quite relatable. I am most productive 7-10am but depends if I can wake up before 7.
@rucha_joshi8 I recently cut out coffee so falling asleep has been slightly easier, but the waking up not so much :) Have you always been an early riser or did you work toward that?
@keren_brickman Did you quit cold turkey? Did you replace the habit/caffeine with anything?
@sav_cooper I tried cold turkey, and then the headaches hit me pretty hard. So I cut down from 4+ cups a day to just two, then one, and recently I'm down to only having coffee on the weekends when I'm with friends. I'm trying to drink herbal tea but it isn't an amazing replacement.
I saw recently that amazon has caffeine gummies that I might check out, but not sure if that's any healthier :)
@keren_brickman Awesome. I've been playing around with herbal tea but can't quite break the one cup a day barrier.
4 PM to 7 PM is the time I schedule my "intellectual" tasks to be done. Though THE MOST productive time for me is the last two hours of the workday on Friday lol
@sofya_narbut Friday last two hours?! wow! I am least motivated to work then but, if there are pending tasks of the week it is easier to just do a final push
@rucha_joshi8 as the weekend whispers in my ear I suddenly have all of the inspiration in the world to do stuff
Thanks for sharing everyone. I would love to know and swap stories on how we motivate ourselves when we need to get work done but are feeling less than 💯
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mostly after 4 pm. and between 11-12 am. The night is always best though, Working from 10-1 pm is best time to study,code or do any learning part.
@mahak You've been able to breakdown and optimise your day for different tasks. Quite helpful to plan stuff with a team as well if you are. working remotely and have flexible hours.
@rucha_joshi8 yes working remotely though both have good and bad effects. While giving you flexible hours, it also gives you a feeling of postponing things later. But scheduling things based on priorities definitely help me to be productive in the present day.
I have observed I am at my best during the early hours of the day. I prefer to wake up between 5-6 in the morning and 7 am - 11 am is when I get my most creative bursts, though not daily :)
I start at 8 am, sometimes 7, from the start time till 10 am I am most productive as I am working alone on my tasks.
So 7 am to 10 am is the time when I'm most productive, but if you ask me the time when I'm most creative then it has to be anytime post 11 pm. 😁
Usually from 1-5pm. I am a very early riser but I have a lot of things vying for my attention in the morning whereas the afternoons are quieter.
After sunset
I don't know, but there's some relationship with the sun going down and my dopamine level soaring high.
I can write for a longer time, research without interruption and, overall, feel a lot more productive as compared to the morning hours.
I think from 2pm to 5pm and then 10pm to 12pm are my most effective times. But always the night is preferred.
@jetmir_haxhiavdyli If you work 4-6hours in the daytime, are you able to work as well during the night, then?
11pm - 4am.
seems extremely odd but I'm on the extreme part of morningness-eveningness normal distribution.
an important factor here is that each person should find his chronotype & his Myers & Briggs personality type to understand When & How to work in order to be productive.
I'm an INTJ & a night owl so working alone at night is my optimal way to get things done.
@hamedbaatour That's quite insightful. Do you ming sharing a link where we can find outer chronotypes?
This is not a common answer but I'm definitely a night owl. Everything is more quite and my focus is at it's peak at night 🦉
My most productive working hours are from 9pm (after the kids are in bed) until whatever time at night I can manage, typically midnight or 1am.
@rickfiyah and were your productivity timings different when you or the kids were able to step out for school or office - pre pandemic?
@rucha_joshi8 Not really, no. I try to keep to a schedule because that works best for my productivity. Of course I have to be flexible because things always come up, but I know pretty reliably that once the kids are in bed, I'll be able to get work done because they won't get up.
When I worked alone I was most productive from 8pm to 2am. These days as I work with a team I've adjusted that to be 3pm to 8pm. I'm still definitely not a morning person 😂
@vincentropy I get you. While working by ourselves we can definitely optimise for our own productivity. But have to find ways to adopt while collaborating with others. Despite that I prefer working with a team.
Post 11pm! When the chatter around me dies down, there's absolute silence. It lets me think and execute my task faster.
Definitely from like 6AM to 10AM. I have tons of energy in the morning, and start to get burned out in the afternoon, ready to be done.
Definitely the night. The most quiet time when it’s much easier to relax and concentrate on something.
@rucha_joshi8 Yes. Now we are working on Melink web application as an alternative to cardboard business cards.
Mornings are not great. Afternoons to late at night are much better for me. I guess my brain needs time to get up to speed hahaha
@vincent_lovell How many coffees do you consume during the day? 😅 I need at least 2.5 cups on an avg
@rucha_joshi8 Haha coffee doesn't agree with my stomach, but I have 1 sugarless energy drink with a B vitamin complex tablet every morning and few cups of strong English breakfast tea in the afternoons to keep me going.
8-10:30 AM tends to be the sweet spot where I'm well-rested and ready to engage with analytical deep work. Nighttime tends to be the best for reflective writing/correspondence.
I like fitting the meetings in between and can brainstorm or chat then (as long as the meeting has a set agenda/purpose).
Usually from 10 AM- 12 PM and then 4 PM -7 PM! But it depends on what I'm working on and how well I slept the night before!
I am an evening person, being more relaxed and focused without any hurry. Working during the night, however, is not my thing. So I guess between 18-20 or so.
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