| I've tried a lot of different time slots and so far only two have worked for me: 1. Wake up 1.5hr earlier than my family. This gives me around 1.15hrs of solid focused time. The downside is, of course, I have to sleep around 10 so the family time takes a
hit. I have to leave early from office to compensate and if there's something
that holds me back in office then there's a high chance this plan derails. I try
my best to juggle work, self-time and family time and while it's not impossible,
it sometimes becomes difficult. Last one week, for example, was such where I had
a lot of issues at work, and fixing them and reaching home would mean I'll be
back around 9.30PM and I had absolutely no interest in rising early. 2. Reach office an hour or so early and try to focus. I say try because there are things which are out of my control, especially the traffic. If there's bad traffic then reaching office and getting into a focused mode takes a lot of time. Evenings I've tried working but this isn't consistent. Sometimes when the office
is empty and most of my office work is done, I might get some time for focused
work but this is pretty impossible to get. By the time I reach home, I have to
swim through a lot of traffic so there's hardly any mental cycles left that I
can spend on focused work. Additionally, I would say that it works best when your focused time is same
everyday. For me, that has been waking up early. |
1. Morning time is easier to focus as one has more will power earlier in the day and reduced distraction from family/work.
2. Routine / consistency is key.
Thanks for an elaborate description of your experiments Tushar.