{"id":59,"date":"2018-07-24T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T08:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2023-10-25T12:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:49:55","slug":"night-owl-or-early-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/blog\/night-owl-or-early-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Night Owl or Early Bird: How to be Productive at Night?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/title-jefferson-santos-450403-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Night owl? Early bird? Which one are you?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/title-jefferson-santos-450403-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/title-jefferson-santos-450403-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/title-jefferson-santos-450403-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because you don\u2019t have to be up at the crack of dawn to be productive!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I really wish that I could bounce out of bed at 4am, drink some lemon water, and be on with the day. In fact, I once did that for a week and was a crying wreck by 7pm on Thursday. My coworker made me promise I\u2019d stop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Were I to believe many of the productivity articles and entrepreneurs out there, this flaw means I\u2019ll never be successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When entrepreneurs talk about their morning routines, I feel like I\u2019m in a locker room conversation of everyone one-upping the next. \u201cI wake up at 5am and spend 90 minutes working out,\u201d \u201cWell I wake up at 4am, run a 10k, then mentor underprivileged kids and found a new NGO before checking emails by 8am.\u201d And so it goes on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sir <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/jessica-stillman\/steal-richard-branson-s-morning-routine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Branson claims to wake up every day at 5am<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and encourages everyone to do the same. Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo is up at 4. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is up at 5:30am and out the door for a jog. They&#8217;re not the anomalies. In an informal survey, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/business-insider\/14-things-successful-people-do-first-thing-in-the-morning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">90 percent of executives identified as being early risers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So do you feel guilty for sleeping in till 7? Or&#8230; 8?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This guilt made me want to explore a radical concept: what if you can sleep in, but still absolutely crush the heck out of your day?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some entrepreneurs, like Elon Musk, seem to be both lark and owl \u2014 getting 6 hours of sleep a night. Other CEOs swear by 4 solid hours, and even advise on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/how-ceos-who-get-only-4-hours-of-sleep-still-manage-to-run-giant-companies-2014-10?r=US&amp;IR=T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how to cut your sleep down<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to that little.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thought of only 4 hours sleep a night, though, is a little horrifying. So we talked to some real-life night owls, and guess what? They\u2019re still getting loads done, and getting plenty of sleep in the process.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/download\/Timing.dmg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1449\" src=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/night-owl-or-early-bird-770x95.jpg\" alt=\"night owl or early bird\" width=\"770\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/night-owl-or-early-bird-770x95.jpg 770w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/night-owl-or-early-bird.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s why our successful night owls swear by the evening hours for their productivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"no-toc\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<p id=\"toc\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-ali-yahya-355431-unsplash-1024x775.jpg\" alt=\"Time and stress management - is burning the midnight oil the solution or the problem?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-ali-yahya-355431-unsplash-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-ali-yahya-355431-unsplash-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-ali-yahya-355431-unsplash-768x582.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Why we work better at night?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unless you live in a soundproofed box where meals are brought to you three times a day, you\u2019ll have to work around environmental factors with your work. Kids, errands, spouses, friends: we all have things in our life which are enjoyable distractions, or just necessary tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E.B. White famously said: \u201cA writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wait until night, though, and all these distractions go away. The dog has been walked, the children are in bed, and people have stopped calling, texting and emailing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most night owls are born that way, but some adapt to become a night owl to take advantage of the silence, as did <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.morganstjames-author.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan St. James<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, author of 16 books including the award-winning \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incest, Murder and a Miracle.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was never a night owl until I became an author. I find that my high creativity level seems to kick in around 11pm and I will often work on my novels until 2 or 3 in the morning. I think this happens because although as a full-time writer I also write during the day, I spend promotion time, do errands, present workshops, and other necessary activities as well during the daytime. Then, after some evening relaxation, my mind is clear and it is quiet. I turn on classical light piano music and let my mind roll. I do not set word or time limits or maximums for myself. I keep writing until I am ready to stop.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00d3scar Mota Mangandi, founder of the digital agency <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/royalestudios.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Royale Studios<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, agrees that many creatives prefer to work at night:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor creatives and IT professionals, working at night is more productive because you get fewer distractions, people aren\u2019t interrupting you, there are no calls to attend, no emails coming in, social media notifications or things like that. You can focus on what you need to accomplish (open offices are a real nightmare to be productive in). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have been doing this for 15 years, but now I have a little baby to take care of (1yr old). This makes my routine a little bit more difficult because I need to wait for her to sleep so I can start my night routine. I have fewer hours in which to do my job but, I\u2019m still very productive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My routine starts at 9am, then I take a nap during the day and keep working until 2-3 am.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As creatives who work best at night, they\u2019re not alone. Bob Dylan, Franz Kafka and Marcel Proust all did their best work in the evenings, and the author Thomas Wolfe didn\u2019t even begin to put pen to paper until midnight each night, primed with copious cups of coffee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/download\/Timing.dmg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1451\" src=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/record-work-time-automatically-770x95.jpg\" alt=\"record work time automatically\" width=\"770\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/record-work-time-automatically-770x95.jpg 770w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/record-work-time-automatically.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>We\u2019re Not Just Bad at Mornings: We\u2019re Made that Way<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally speaking, night owls are envious of people can wake up and feel instantly awake. People who can get an entire day\u2019s work done by 10am. Often we\u2019ve tried to force our bodies into a new pattern \u2014 thinking if we can manage it for thirty days, we\u2019ll have made it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New research shows that this is not only near-impossible, but that it\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/sleep-newzzz\/200912\/the-lark-vs-the-owl-don-t-mess-mother-nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">actually harming our health<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Slightly contradictory when other studies show that night owls have a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/5238034\/night-owl-vs-lark-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shorter life expectancy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Shouldn\u2019t we be trying to get ourselves into healthier habits?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studies have shown that night owls are more prone to depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. Looking at the list of authors and creatives who are night owls, this is hard to refute. As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/artplusmarketing.com\/why-anxiety-is-the-handmaiden-of-creativity-5a3e8c6e1a96\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T.S Eliot said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u201canxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That being said, sticking at least somewhat closely to the chronotype mother nature has given us makes sense if we\u2019re trying to be productive: rather than fighting through the day sleep-deprived, then laying awake at night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casey Gardonio-Foat, founder and CEO of two companies, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/casey-york.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casey York Design<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which produces luxury home decor products, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/winkandrise.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wink &amp; Rise<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an online retailer devoted to products that make sleep easier and more enjoyable, was relieved when science allowed her to embrace her night owl habits.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI&#8217;ve had night owl tendencies since my teenage years, and was relieved to learn recently that science supports the existence of different chronotypes. Now, rather than feeling guilty that my most productive hours occur after everyone else in my household is asleep, I&#8217;m able to embrace and enjoy the productivity and momentum that I feel working late into the night. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, I believe the reason I am able to do so is that I remain committed to getting at least 7-8 hours of sleep per 24 hours \u2014 even owls need to sleep. Since I am self-employed, I&#8217;m fortunate to have the flexibility to stay up late and sleep in when I need to, and I supplement my nightly sleep with afternoon naps when it is necessary. A typical night for me might involve getting to work around 9 pm (after my children go to bed) and working until 2 or 3am, then sleeping in until 8am; this may be followed by a 90 minute nap around 4pm. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By making sure I get enough rest, I find I am able to remain alert and productive during my waking hours, and I get more done than if I were trying to make my body adapt to early mornings and evenings.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Night owls gained some acceptance in 2012, when Kathryn Schultz, writer at the New Yorker, published a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/arts\/books\/features\/kathryn-schulz-2012-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">moving confessional essay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about her life as someone who rarely sleeps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s an air of hedonism that comes with staying up all night. Of recklessness, and joi de vive. Even if it is down to genetics: maybe headonism comes with those DNA strands?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-63 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3-dmitry-ratushny-412448-unsplash-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Is being a Night Owl an aid to productivity?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3-dmitry-ratushny-412448-unsplash-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3-dmitry-ratushny-412448-unsplash-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3-dmitry-ratushny-412448-unsplash-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>It\u2019s Easier to Be Productive When the World\u2019s Gone to Sleep<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timing<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we\u2019re big fans of removing friction and distractions, and making use of every tool in your arsenal for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/blog\/automated-time-tracking-apps-time-management-hack\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">time and stress management<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If this means waiting until the rest of the world (or at least those in your time zone!) have gone to sleep, then so be it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entrepreneurs with families find this especially true, even if they haven\u2019t always worked late. Not having distractions and other calls on your attention gives you space to concentrate, as Sireesha, remote worker and founder of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdworknews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowdworknews.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has found:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe reason working late nights works for me is because of the quiet, peaceful time I get. Kids have gone to bed, my brain is still functioning at a faster rate and most importantly, this time lets me catch up with my unfinished day tasks.<\/p>\n<p>I am an early riser but my mornings are mostly occupied with reading emails, communicating with my freelancer etc. So, a bigger chunk of &#8216;work on business&#8217; is done at nights.<\/p>\n<p>I have been in my remote job for over 8 years and managing my online business for 2 years. Working remote or working from home without a traditional office means working anytime. To get the most work done, being a night owl is the way to go for me. I could not have achieved the success of earning a full-time income my business in just 2 years, if it wasn&#8217;t for this arrangement.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t have to wake up early to still manage a full day of work, though. Nicole Faith, who works with solopreneurs to craft online service businesses at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/10caratcreations.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10caratcreations.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and who founded the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nomadbusinessdirectory.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Nomad Business Directory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, still manages to be highly productive while missing out on the morning entirely.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor me personally, being on a later schedule feels more natural. I\u2019ve never enjoyed mornings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My routine looks something like this: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wake up between 11am and 1pm, unless I have earlier meetings. Eat breakfast, do my number one most important priority for the day (which can be building a part of a business, writing a blog, giving an interview etc..), then I complete other smaller tasks for my business. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I do no more than 4-6 hours of work each day, but I spend a lot of time on self-education and self-improvement. I\u2019m most creative at night, which is when I get a lot of great ideas. I use the nighttime as a springboard for coming up with crazy ideas I wouldn\u2019t have thought about otherwise for my business and the businesses I design for my clients. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I stay up late doing hobbies like reading, watching movies or other things that keep my mind active but not engaged with work. It\u2019s when I give myself a breather from work that I\u2019m at my best. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as I have an idea, I\u2019m off to the races implementing it or researching it further. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve always been a night person, and have been operating like this with my business for the past few years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As long as I get one important thing done per day (at the beginning of my day), I\u2019m productive.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If ideas come best at night, then embrace it, don\u2019t fight it! While all the buzz seems to be about getting up earlier, there are certainly plenty of successful, healthy, wealthy night owls out there. Buzzfeed CEO and Huffington Post co-founder Jonah Peretti wakes up at 8.30am, while <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/mark-zuckerberg-daily-schedule-2017-6?r=US&amp;IR=T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Zuckerberg wakes up at 8am<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which still seems early until you remember he often works 60 hour weeks, and it\u2019s still a solid 3 hours more sleep than Branson\u2019s getting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re thinking of switching up your routine to embrace your natural biorhythm, look into a Mac productivity app like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timing<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to find out which hours you\u2019re most productive in. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timing<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also has the option of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/help\/5-time-tracking-for-power-users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">setting your work hours to suit you<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The best work time apps will take sleep patterns into consideration, rather than capping your day at midnight. The early bird may catch the worm, but it\u2019s the night owl who gets the peace, quiet, and creativity to succeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/download\/Timing.dmg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1452\" src=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/track-and-eliminate-distractions-770x95.jpg\" alt=\"track and eliminate distractions\" width=\"770\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/track-and-eliminate-distractions-770x95.jpg 770w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/track-and-eliminate-distractions.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timing<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> works to your own sleep schedule. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download a free trial<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and find out what your most productive hours are.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/title-jefferson-santos-450403-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/title-jefferson-santos-450403-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/title-jefferson-santos-450403-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timingapp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/title-jefferson-santos-450403-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because you don\u2019t have to be up at the crack of dawn to be productive!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I really wish that I could bounce out of bed at 4am, drink some lemon water, and be on with the day. In fact, I once did that for a week and was a crying wreck by 7pm on Thursday. My coworker made me promise I\u2019d stop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Were I to believe many of the productivity articles and entrepreneurs out there, this flaw means I\u2019ll never be successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When entrepreneurs talk about their morning routines, I feel like I\u2019m in a locker room conversation of everyone one-upping the next. \u201cI wake up at 5am and spend 90 minutes working out,\u201d \u201cWell I wake up at 4am, run a 10k, then mentor underprivileged kids and found a new NGO before checking emails by 8am.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sir <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/jessica-stillman\/steal-richard-branson-s-morning-routine.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Branson wakes up every day at 5am<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and encourages everyone to do the same. Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo is up at 4. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is up at 5:30am and out the door for a jog. They&#8217;re not the anomalies. In an informal survey, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/business-insider\/14-things-successful-people-do-first-thing-in-the-morning.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">90 percent of executives identified as being early risers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeling guilty for sleeping in till 7?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This guilt made me want to explore a radical concept: what if you can sleep in, but still absolutely crush the heck out of your day?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some entrepreneurs, like Elon Musk, seem to be both lark and owl \u2014 getting 6 hours of sleep a night. Other CEOs swear by 4 solid hours, and even advise on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/how-ceos-who-get-only-4-hours-of-sleep-still-manage-to-run-giant-companies-2014-10?r=US&amp;IR=T\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how to cut your sleep down<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to that little.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thought of only 4 hours sleep a night, though, is a little horrifying. So we talked to some real-life night owls, and guess what? They\u2019re still getting loads done, and getting plenty of sleep in the process. 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