Knowing Yourself: Part 4

[fuzzyred]

For the "A" in VITALS from my first post about knowing yourself, in my attempt to figure out what I like and who I am and how I can use that to my advantage.

The "A" stands for "Around-the Clock Activities", in regards to what time of day you have the most energy and work best.

I'm not sure exactly what time of day is best for me, though I am not a morning person, and am a little bit of a night owl. I often stay up late when I get sucked into something (like reading a book), but I don't actually usually do brain work late at night. Late more/early afternoon seem to be optimal for me, though I am noticing more lately that I have a delay between waking up and productivity. I need anywhere from half an hour to an hour to fully wake up and actually be alert and motivated. I can get going and leave the house sooner than that (and I do just about every day for work), but to actually function at optimum I need that time to be lazy and get into gear.

What about you? Are you an early bird? A night owl? An early evening person? Feel free to chime in, and to ask about me as well, if you have any unanswered questions.

Comments

[technoshaman]

I am not a late morning person, or really an early afternoon person. I *can* get up way the f early... but I will run out of steam eventually. And after lunch it takes a while to get going. AND sometimes it takes a while to slow down in late evening... it's kinda weird, and I haven't learnt to use it to best advantage yet...

[fuzzyred]

That is quite a set of preferences. It sounds like you work best from 2/3pm until about 11pm-midnight. I'm not sure how to turn that into something useful, but it's not a bad time frame for getting housework or hobbies done.

[technoshaman]

I usually work it like this... I do odd tasks and catching up from 9ish until my daily meeting at 11, then do lunch, then tear into things. I often run out of steam about four, but sometimes end up going 'til six.. in any event, dinner ensues, and then I do non-paying-work but often-still-brainy things until 10-11...

But, yes, with the new WFH thing it's a lot easier to get housework done.

[fuzzyred]

That sounds like you've got a pretty good handle on it. It's nice when body rhythms and schedules match up.