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isn't it lonely? i tried similar schedule, even though not intentionally few years ago, and i find it hard to find time to catch up with friends,
I have been doing it for a week so far, but I expect on dropping it once I graduate and once time frees up.
Now I wake around 3-4 am and get the same night time serenity. But the perception of this patten is different. I'm considered an early riser - disciplined and driven.
I've noticed my concentration is much better under the new early rising regime.
Here's my schedule:
- 4 am. Wake up. Depending on my mood and deadlines I'll either jump straight into work or take some leisure time surfing the web.
- 5 am. Dog wakes up and makes it clear that we're going for a walk. So we go to the park and play. The park is empty at this early hour so its good for training.
- 7am. If I havent done so already I start work to coincide with my team on the other side of the country.
- 3pm. Start winding down. Have a beer.
- 5pm. Parter comes home from work and we go to the park with the dog. Lots of dogs at this time and its great fun for all.
- 7pm. Dinner.
- 8pm. Bed.
- 4am. Wake.
Does my social life suffer? Well i've found that its a case of diminishing returns. I used to be the guy who partied until 3am. Now I party until 10pm. And I've discovered I'm having just as much fun. It would seem socialising is a case of diminishing returns for me. I also avoid the shattering hangover.
Quite coincidentally - I've just come back from the butchers, who shared with me his opinion that 3am was the optimal time to wake up and 'get stuff done before people start getting in the way'.
I've got an uncle who, for over a decade, has woken up at 3am, though he doesn't go to bed until 10pm. It makes me wonder if just doing it makes one better at it since we're talking about something we've done our whole lives. My personal sleep pattern (12-7/7:30) hasn't changed since the early 90s.
I always considered myself a night owl. I'd stay up until 2-3am for the night time serenity. My partner and others disapproved and considered it unhealthy. Now I wake around 3-4 am and get the same night time serenity. But the perception of this patten is different. I'm considered an early riser - disciplined and driven. I've noticed my concentration is much better under the new early rising regime. Here's my schedul…
8pm-4am sounds a lot better. Shifting my schedule later a few hours would be a good compromise. I still get up early, but I don't sacrifice that evening.
Dec-Feb is the only time that the sun sets at 5pm. I think this schedule would be next to impossible for me Mar-Nov when it is still light out well past 5pm. The lack of social interaction would make it terroibly hard Dec-Feb.
Maybe it'd be better for someone that lived in Alaska.
There is a serious disconnect if you suggest that there is very little distracting content being generated and at the same time note that your day starts at the same time as your coworkers in the UK. But then again the whole thing suggests total isolation from anything other then work and study, with the alternative rhythm just being a way of making that easier. This is a story about someone socially isolating themse…
With school and two part-times, I had not much purely social time reserved during weekdays, sleep schedule aside. The experimental sleep schedule is temporary until I finish school. But given the fickle nature of sleep schedules, this will not likely last that long regardless. But for now, I don't mind it!
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With school and two part-times, I had not much purely social time reserved during weekdays, sleep schedule aside. The experimental sleep schedule is temporary until I finish school. But given the fickle nature of sleep schedules, this will not likely last that long regardless. But for now, I don't mind it!
I admire what you're doing, and the post was well written btw. Continue to follow your own rules, most great people in history do. And if ever you feel like you need to tweak your social life, you'll know what to do.