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Running my own SaaS with 1 co-founder. Every day is different but in general:

- 9:00: Arrive at the office after a 50 minutes commute.

- Bookkeeping, coding, support, administration, legal and answering emails.

- 11:00: Go the gym.

- 13:00: Lunch.

- 14:00: Rocket League.

- 14:30: Same as #2.

- 16:10: Take the train home.

Even though the effective working hours in a normal day are few I do get a lot of stuff done during those. I'm also compensating for the occasional crunch periods where I work 12 hours a day and weekends.

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That's a badass schedule. I've often wondered/daydreamed about running a company with a similar schedule.

E.g. Extremely focused, productive mornings for writing code, meaning no interruptions if possible followed by lunch until whenever, then afternoons are flex time for meetings/planning/whatever the business needs.

Thank you! Yes, during the effective hours I get in everyday I get more done than on my previous job where I had to do 8 hours.

May I ask what you're working on?

If you're running a SaaS, presumably it's cloud based. Why the 50 min commute?

Some people like to work in one place and live in another.

Sure but if you're in control of the company and it's primarily cloud based, you could be much closer to home.

50 min each way is 100 min per day, 500 min per week. That's an entire work day.

A commute that long isn't for founders, it's for wage slaves!

We have our office in the capital where my co-founder also lives. I live in a smaller town outside of it. Unless I move there (which is not possible due to the prices and I like my town) one of us has to commute and from a business perspective it's much better to have the office in the capital when meeting customers etc.

Before we got the office I did 6 months from home and I was highly ineffective. Remote work is just not for me.

The commute itself is rather pleasant and I can work on the train if I wish, although I mostly use the time to read HN and relax.

I'm glad you replied back. I have done both now, in various forms - used to have a ~45 minute bus commute, then an hour drive, now I work from home. By far, the drive was the worst of the three, but I wanted to work for a company that was in a different city than I wanted to live, so I had no choice. The bus commute was incredible - I never had to worry about traffic (other than it took longer when the weather was bad), I could check emails in the morning and zone out in the afternoon. It created a really nice separation between work and life. Now I work from home, and it suits me. I've got a spare bedroom that's designated the office, and only work stuff happens in there. I do my normal morning routine, spend the day in that room, then leave it and close the door. I think it's the rigor that makes it work, but I know that's for me, and many other people have far more distraction than I do at home, so it's harder. But, to each their own, and I'm glad you've got a commute that works for you. A train ride every day sounds really nice.

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