I've been having trouble focusing in the day. I think part of this is having to deal with so much non-work stuff-to-do, plus organizing work, plus managing e-mails. At night places are quiet. People don't e-mail. I can focus.<p>Thoughts?
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<i></i>* it's 4am already" if you wake up at 4.
Well for one thing, your body is trying to prepare yourself for sleep. So naturally, you feel more relaxed and don't get as energized by the distractions that are available to you.<p>If you're having trouble focusing during the day, you might want to work on being more present while you work and training your mind to not give into those distractions. Yes, it can be trained just like anything else.<p>I have a course that addresses this issue and other issues that programmers face if you're interested. It's available at <a href="https://www.programmingspiritually.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.programmingspiritually.com/</a>
Definitely. I was doing all my assignments and exam preparations at university only at nights. It looks like my productivity triples then - no noise, no phone calls/IM's and you can always take a break and just gaze at the stars for a moments to relax. Sadly I have a day job now and can't stay with that life style anymore.
On the other hand, at the morning(and that means MORNING :)) I am super effective for first 2 hours. So if I can go vampire until 1am and sleep until 8am or I can go sleep at 11pm and wake up at 6am, I choose the second one.<p>6am-8am >>>>>> 11pm-1am (in terms of effectiveness)
Nod in agreement. I guess its about getting that loooooooong stretch of uninterrupted time. The day is good for getting the usual things done and brainstorming. But yes, when I am working on something new and exciting, i start at about 11:00 pm and my thought process peaks between 3 and 4 am
I work far better at night when I'm alone for obvious reasons like you mentioned - phone isn't ringing, people aren't texting, emails for the most part are far, far less, etc. etc. Definitely a night owl...