![]() ![]() Why do the night owls feel they are the under performers?ĭue to our agrarian past when farm work had to begin at dawn - people who slept in, weren't able to provide for their families. But often, we fail to see that these people are often in bed by 9/10pm - this is when the night owls are releasing their inner machine and creating their best pieces of work. They are the "go getters", the "high performers", the ones with all the hours in the day. We often hear of those high performing CEOs that are the "sleepless-elite", surviving on just 4hrs sleep a night, getting up at 5am and heading out for a run. I read an article recently referring to these types of people as 'extreme night owls', and as a night owl, you do not 'catch the worm' - or at least, people assume you don't. I have often been called a 'night owl' - I am part of the estimated 8.2% of the population whose natural inclination is to fall asleep after midnight. But to be creative my brain has to feel free. ![]() I find if I have work to do in the mornings I can do the data analysis type work spreadsheets, analytical, financial, that requires my brain to work in a specific pattern. If I want to launch an article at 9am I have to have it pre-written. Obviously I am not working at the moment, I am keeping my brain stimulated with online courses and webinars that can be at any time throughout the day, but I am also writing and I know that I can only ever write in the afternoon or evening, my creativity just doesn't kick in until then. However I am more and more aware that my brain 'clicks into gear' in the afternoon and then goes full power until at least midnight if I need it to. I have no problem getting up early and getting to work early when I lived in Newcastle and commuted to London I was often on the 6am train, laptop up and running by 6.30am and would work through until I left the office, often then working on the train home until 9pm. As I've got older I have become more in tune with my body and I know that my 'peak productivity' is usually between 3pm-12am. Has your sleep pattern changed since lockdown began?ĭo you feel you are sleeping more, or less now since being furloughed, working from home or unemployed?Īre you more productive when you sleep and rise naturally without an alarm clock? When is your 'peak productivity'?įrom being a student at University, right up until now, I have always known that I am more productive in the later part of the day than I am in the morning. ![]()
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