It’s always seemed really onerous the idea that you are only a “good” person if you get up early.

Though I don’t have a strong circadian rhythm and prefer to sleep in 2-3 hour cycles throughout the day (yes, I know I am weird), I am by very far the most productive between midnight and 4 am.

Always have been. Always will be. It’s why most of the posts here are written about that time.

From an early age, we’re taught that getting up early is good for us. Sayings like The early bird catches the worm and Early to bed and early to rise makes and man healthy, wealthy and wise are part of the culture and have a certain moralizing force. People who go to bed early and get up early are upstanding and productive. People who go to bed later and wake up later are degenerate and lazy.

Nowadays, however, there’s a growing body of thought to say this is not only wrong, but also counterproductive.

Most jobs that I have, if possible, while I do work at work, I am most productive at night in the hours I mentioned above.

So in one hour between say 1 am and 2 am, I tend to get as much done as I do in 3-4 hours during the official workday. That’s why I usually work at night even when I have a “day” job.

Of course, no company (usually run by Type A early-rise extroverts) ever sees it that way, so I can never work a sane (to me) schedule – so I have to work extra, but it also means that I tend to be far more productive than other people if I do this.