Natural working hours [Hack Your Day]

feather in duskMedical studies have concluded and I myself have seen the effect that working in the morning is better than in the afternoon. Many people say that they like working or studying at night because all is quiet and there’s nothing to distract them. I used to be like that, but then I tried going to bed regularly at 10pm and getting up at 6am. I can safely say that it works and you will feel much better all the time overall. You will get much more done, and you will feel refreshed most of the time.

The reason few people actually convert to this lifestyle is that they miss the key word in the sentence, which is “regularly”. If you are used to a night lifestyle don’t expect to be able to convert in a day or two. It takes at least a week, but you will feel better by day three at least.

There are many benefits, possibly the best is that it allows more flexibility. Sometimes I am up until 3am or 4am (poker party), and I can still get up reasonably early (8-10), but more importantly, I can sleep well at night afterwards. Getting up at 6am is also great because there are similarly few distractions, and you will feel much more alert.

I can’t really link to a study here, but I know that sleeping 7 hours going to bed before midnight is more restull than sleeping the same 7 hours, but going to bed after midnight. This has to do with certain body functions starting at determined times. Also, sunshine is an important factor in life, so the body’s bio-clock is set to beat in time with the natural start of the day.

Original post here: Daniel

9 March 2008 | Lifestyle, Pen and Paper, Productivity, sleeping | Comments

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