[jebblue]

I was in the military and I couldn't stand getting up early. At one point, I was consuming close to a dozen cups of coffee (including the NoDoze) per day to stay awake and try to be productive, in my 20's. It didn't work well and I have stomach problems as a result.

My peak is 2:30 PM to midnight. On days when my company lets me work from home, that works out great. So a couple days a week I get stuff done, the other three days I'm drinking 4 cups of coffee to deal with getting in at a reasonable hour (fortunately they aren't too bad about this) and to deal with morning and afternoon traffic.

[D9u]

I have never been a coffee drinker, nor a tobacco smoker. I do, however, drink caffeine laden soft drinks, but I tend to not drink caffeinated beverages after sundown.

I often work on projects for 36, or more, hours at a time, but I do see a reduction in productivity when pushing myself to the limits, and often wonder at the things I've done while sleep deprived, in pride as well as shame.

There's a saying about habits which goes something like the following:

    If you want to make something a habit make sure to repeat that act every day for two weeks, after which the act will become habitual.