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Brussels, Belgium
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UX Engineer, Product Manager, sometimes Designer at Self
I'll start with the last question: you get efficient by taking care of your body and mind. Apart from the usual "eat well, drink often, exercise, get enough sleep", I noticed one additional thing that can make a huge difference: as our bodies and minds have a sort of daily cycle of their own (and it's different for each one of us) it's important to align intense work with the moments of the day when our minds are at their best.
On my ideal day I wake up after 9 having had 8-9 hours of sleep. I sloooowly get ready for the day, eat breakfast, let my body wake up, maybe sit and read for a while or talk and hang out with my partner.
Some days I will also sort some emails, especially the quick and easy ones. Other days I make it a point to not open any message in any form whatsoever until the afternoon, so as to keep my mind uncluttered.
I will start coding between 11 and noon for 2-3 hours (that's how long my brain can take, before quite literally giving up). Then a late lunch, then another 2-3 hours of coding. As you can imagine my day ends up kind of late, but that's ok.
Some days I'll hit the gym at 12:30, which means I'll only do one coding session in the afternoon, if I can afford it (no imminent deadlines), or I'll try to have a second session after dinner. That's ok because the next morning will be slow anyway!
I love your first paragraph. So itβs important to understand the hours when we can get the best of ourselves.
And your days seem very free. I mean the way you organize yourself seems to make you efficiently productive.
EU πͺπΊ | Art, Tech & Good Vibrations π€³ | Founder of α΄α΄α΄α΄ΚΚα΄α΄‘ π hellotomorrow.agency β’ Just started working on a new endeavour π usepoe.app β’ Follow me on Twitter!
Location
Brussels, Belgium
Work
UX Engineer, Product Manager, sometimes Designer at Self
It's easy if you are a freelancer (like me) or if you work for a remote first company. It can be harder of you are employed. When I used to be employed I had to start working at 9:30, and it basically meant my employer was paying me for a few very unproductive hours.
I see. Actually I am studying and itβs difficult to focus on the skills I want to increase with school projects and going to school to 8am to 7pm.
However, freelance seems interesting after graduation.
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I'll start with the last question: you get efficient by taking care of your body and mind. Apart from the usual "eat well, drink often, exercise, get enough sleep", I noticed one additional thing that can make a huge difference: as our bodies and minds have a sort of daily cycle of their own (and it's different for each one of us) it's important to align intense work with the moments of the day when our minds are at their best.
On my ideal day I wake up after 9 having had 8-9 hours of sleep. I sloooowly get ready for the day, eat breakfast, let my body wake up, maybe sit and read for a while or talk and hang out with my partner.
Some days I will also sort some emails, especially the quick and easy ones. Other days I make it a point to not open any message in any form whatsoever until the afternoon, so as to keep my mind uncluttered.
I will start coding between 11 and noon for 2-3 hours (that's how long my brain can take, before quite literally giving up). Then a late lunch, then another 2-3 hours of coding. As you can imagine my day ends up kind of late, but that's ok.
Some days I'll hit the gym at 12:30, which means I'll only do one coding session in the afternoon, if I can afford it (no imminent deadlines), or I'll try to have a second session after dinner. That's ok because the next morning will be slow anyway!
I love your first paragraph. So itβs important to understand the hours when we can get the best of ourselves.
And your days seem very free. I mean the way you organize yourself seems to make you efficiently productive.
It's easy if you are a freelancer (like me) or if you work for a remote first company. It can be harder of you are employed. When I used to be employed I had to start working at 9:30, and it basically meant my employer was paying me for a few very unproductive hours.
And I don't have kids, that's also important.
I see. Actually I am studying and itβs difficult to focus on the skills I want to increase with school projects and going to school to 8am to 7pm.
However, freelance seems interesting after graduation.