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Ask HN: What hours in the day are you most productive?

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I am most productive from 9pm - 1am... Just wondering when people get the most work done.

6am-10am...this means that when I work a 9-5 office job, my most productive hours are spent preparing for work and commuting.

Same here! I actually just started showing up at 6 AM, shorter commute, better work, and no guilt if I leave before 5.

10am-1pm, then again from 7pm-10pm

Obviously right now it is neither of those times, since I am oh-so-productively posting to HN. ;)

11am - 3pm, and a push 3pm - 4pm. Relief at 5pm and a slow cool-down.

A regular hour office job, but largely '50% time' which I'm ridiculously lucky to have, long may it be that way.

Evenings are a time for inspiration, and mornings for licking-off stuff mainly related to admin and documentation.

Time to work with and interact with colleagues is very important. It is a magnifier. What I've learnt the most regarding my own productivity is I do too much, and it is probably easier to have others do it. That's done by sharing and influencing, and helping out when colleagues are in need.

"After lunch"

This was true when I worked the nightshift and began working at 3pm and ate something around 5pm and was true when I moved to dayshift and started work around 8:30 or 9am and is true now when I typically start working between 9am and 10am. In all three cases, the first two hours of my day are/were spent doing relatively easy things and then more serious work happens/happened after eating lunch.

8 a.m. til 10 a.m. Or to put it another way, until other people come into the office :)

I used to come in late (midday) but commuting changes forced me to become an early riser. Now I honestly couldn't go back.

I'm most productive early in the morning. I work remote so sometimes I get started as early as 4 or 5 AM. So I have a full workday in by noon or 1pm. I usually turn in around 10pm most nights.

I'm most productive 2:00 am to 5:00 pm after of that hours must sleep 2 hours more 5:00am to 7:00 am and at the 8:00 am I'ḿ ready for go to work

3 - 8 PM. I tend to stay late at work as a result.

Do you usually get to work later?

Yes, I usually go into work at 10 or so. I wake up at 6:15, get my kids ready, do exercise, eat breakfast, and head in to work.

So you don't get to eat dinner with the kids?

I'm most productive from 3 - 8, but I usually don't work past 7:30. I cook dinner most nights and eat with the kids, but I am usually washing up while they eat. They're young, so it's not a `sit around the table` experience just yet. I clean them up/change them and they go to bed by 9:30. It's not a bad existence. :)

5am - 3pm. After that - it's a downhill slide.

Do you usually leave around 3pm or stay at work?

I am a workaholic independent consultant - so I tend to work until 6.

10pm-6am. I am exactly a night person.

7-11am and then again 8pm-12am.

I'm almost exactly the same (8am-12pm and 8pm-12am). When I'm working for myself I spend my afternoons reading or playing video games and go back to work in the evening.

1am - 4am

5am - 9am

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