[null_shift]

When I was younger I routinely worked late nights (I’d work normal business hours, then go grab a subway and come back to the office and work until 10-12. I enjoy working alone at night, and I wasn’t using that free time productively, so I figured why not. It did help my career trajectory significantly.

As I’ve gotten older and have better uses for my time I find myself working a ~40hr week and checking out. Occasionally if I have a challenging problem that requires deep focus I’ll log on at night, but only because I like the satisfaction of “the grind” every now and then.

[qup]

Out of curiosity, what better uses for your time did you find as you grew older?

I may be an outlier, as I'm a bachelor (not much family/relationship time allocated), but I've found myself diving hard into work again as I come into my 40s, after really taking it easy in my 30s.

[skydhash]

Not the OP. I used to work hard at night in my early 20s, but now ( approaching 30s), I find it hard to even think about work when the day’s over. I play games sometimes, I have a backlog of movies I want to watch — I have a nice system — and I have various things on my plate to learn. Reading books — fiction — can take a huge chunk of my personal time, and I enjoy spending an hour or two listening to music albums in my collection.

[latexr]

> I have a backlog of movies I want to watch — I have a nice system

You mean a system to handle your backlog of entertainment? Would you provide more details?

[blitz_skull]

For me, “better uses” of my time include spending afternoons with my family.

But in the evening once they’re all settled, I do frequently work. I don’t enjoy TV and social media is cancer. I’ll play the occasional video game with mates.