All over this new A List Apart article on burn out.
“It’s not unusual for creative types to do their best work at the same time every day. By this I mean that it’s important to follow our own circadian rhythms. Hemingway began writing every morning at dawn and explained his choice this way: “There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to work and warm as you write. You read what you have written and, as you always stop when you know what is going to happen next, you go on from there.”
Do your most important work (or the work requiring the greatest focus) during that time when you’re most energized and have the fewest distractions. Use the rest of your working hours to solve secondary problems or gather information that will fuel the next productive sprint.”
My primetime seems to be between the hours of 8pm and 1am. The kids are down. The wife is occupied by crappy tv that I refuse to watch, and last but not leastly, I’m not in the office.
When do you do your best work?
May 28th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Usually right when I wake up, especially early in the mornings. Brain got some rest and have not been used ;).