Optimizing the Timing of Brainwork

Our culture frames our relationship with our body as a struggle against weakness. This encouraged me to spend years trying to hack a solution that would allow me to eradicate the mid-day slump. I tried sleeping more, exercising, eating this or that way. But always there would be an inevitable dip in alertness at some point.<p>The many articles on SM Guru taught me that trying to coerce your biology into submission is futile. One should learn to work with the circadian rhythm, not against it. Ride the waves, don&#x27;t try to plow through them.<p>Organizing your life that way is hard if you live by a 9-5 schedule. Especially because organizations tend to perpetuate the disrespect of our own biologies.<p>But maybe now with so many switching to remote work, a brighter future awaits!

I have a theory that most people who consider themselves night owls get to be that way because they &quot;manage&quot; their sleep. They stay up later than they should, wake up to an alarm and then their mornings are screwed for productivity. Additionally, normal demands screw up this time of your day. Instead of working during one of your most productive periods, you&#x27;re getting ready for work, prepping the family, cooking breakfast, commuting and everything else which makes them hate mornings. They don&#x27;t realize they get two peaks in a day and they are screwing up the first one.