Jan
17
What happens when constraints go bye-bye
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So I was laying in bed this morning, thinking about how late I get up now compared to when I worked at Avon. I tend to go to sleep around 1am or later most nights, and get up around 9:00 or 9:30 am. Late night seems to be optimal coding time for me, the tv is off, most of my twitter network is winding down, things just get quite on the net and in my house - code flows.
This is a stark contrast to how things were with Avon. I was usually in bed by 11 and up by 4:30 am to make it in for the 5:30 am start time. I never understood why a call center had to be open at 6 am for customers? I mean really, the Avon ladies couldn’t wait until 8am like most normal humans in this day and age?!?
When the constrains were lifted from your life because you work from home, how did your life change?
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The last half-decade of my career I was in the same boat as you, I had no constraints at all. But in the last three months I’ve been getting up with my wife at 5 am. TOUGHEST scheduling transition ever but it helps to have the constraint.
I remember I used to get calls from friends asking if I wanted to have lunch and I’d never know how to explain that they woke me up with the phone call
Well, the kids keep me honest by getting me up by 9am on the latest, but it still feels weird to sleep that late.
Why in the world would you voluntarily get up that early? Ick. I am more of a night owl myself. Even when I worked a 5am start time, I would still have trouble going to sleep before 11pm.