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by tech_dreamer 2452 days ago
I had been been working for 18 hours a day (for a duration of 1 month) - this is what happened to me.

1. Woke up at 4 am - 15 minutes - planning and thinking about the schedule for the rest of the day.

2. Review the code I wrote previous day (30 mins)(though I was the only one developing this I do PRs :)(iOS mobile app - swift for front end, golang for microflow, docker, k8s and google cloud)

3. Refactor and add features for the next 2 hours.

4.Glance through NYTimes(liberal left), Fox(republic) RT, South China Morning Post, Global Times(CN), Economic Times(IN) and DW(EU) to understand where world stands.

5 Get ready for office (train 30 mins) - attend the standup - provide and listen updates - fix issues , develop features - (NodeJS & Java)

5. Thankfully all the office meetings - are scheduled only on Mondays.

6. 5:30 leave office, get into train and reach home at 7:20 pm (walk from train station to home - 2 km approx. - and take a shower

7. Play with kids, read stories (and fight with wife :))

8. Family prayer and got to bed.

9. On Fridays - have a beer or a glass of wine after prayer.

10. Saturday & Sunday - take children for extra curricular activities, shopping (mostly groceries and house hold items.

After one month - I couldn't carry on with waking up at 4:00 am - couldn't concentrate at work - getting irritated easily etc. I switched to waking up at 6:00 am.

Side projects are possible - but there is a cost :)