Anyone else up at 3AM working?

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I oftentimes work very late into the night because I'm trying to make some action happen here. I'm getting pretty close to breaking through with some of my sites.

Does anyone else work odd hours in order to get your work done?
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  • Oh yeah, I always write 100 words of a 1500 word character during the day and then I decide half an hour before midnight that it's already a good idea to really start writing.

    It takes up to 2AM to finish the article and one more hour to edit it / publish it...

    But it's a part of my stupidity, not my commitment :rolleyes:
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    • Hi Jennifer,

      As my plan is to emigrate to Australia I need some commercial experience in IM to get a job there whilst I get residency. After that I can happily live off my IM income. Getting in via a needed job is just the easiest way for me, so...

      Right now I get up at 5am, I work on my stuff until just after 7 then go to work. At 4 I come home and work until 10pm on my own stuff. I don't work too much on the weekends but often find myself getting on with things anyway. It's a pain having to do this as financially I don't need the job but it is a means to an end and I've done nearly 6 months, so hopefully another 6 months should be all I need. Ironically when I first started out with very little, I had to do the same but my job was as a cleaner. At least now it's a good job doing IM.

      I think when you start you just have to do all the hours you can. It's not easy but the hardwork will pay off. To be honest to most people with a job anything outside 9-5 is considered "odd".

      Good luck Jenn, hope you get that breakthrough, you deserve it.
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  • Sure, but keep in mind that it's only 3AM right now for a small portion of the members reading your thread... It's only Midnight for me, it's mid-morning for European Warriors, and I think it's two days from now in Australia.
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    • It can never be more than 24 hours whilst still being on planet Earth.

      Getting close though. Sydney = LA time +19 hours.

      For New Zealand you can add another 2 hours.
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  • Yeah, sometimes. Quite often, in fact.

    Sometimes I seem to write/focus much better at night (if I'm not too tired), so I'll stay up until a silly time, or sometimes all night, to get stuff done.

    But then I sleep in until around dinner-time/midday because I really need about 6 hours of sleep either way, else I'm a grumpy old zombie.

    Somehow it feels lonely at night though? When you look out of the window and every house down the street seems to be in darkness. Sometimes gives me a weird, morbid feeling, lol. :confused:
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    • It does, but somehow I like it!
  • Yesterday, I worked from 11am to 12pm the following day -- Monday.

    I slept 4 hours, and got back up.

    I worked from 4pm to 5pm. Went and picked up my youngest from daycare, and played with him until his bedtime at 9:30 pm.

    I have been working since, and it is now 2:40 am. I am wiped, but I will work for another hour before sleeping for 3 hrs.

    I have to be up at 7am to get the kids ready and off to school. The first two leave at 7:40. The youngest leaves at 8:30.

    At that time, I have the option of sleep until 4pm, but I seldom take full advantage of it.
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    • I can vouch for that, I'm 6 hours ahead of Bill and it always amazes me when I look at the clock and realise the chaps still up working.

      Thats why the guy deserves his success.

      Bravo Bill.

      Dire Straits, on a positive note, while they're sleeping you're forging ahead and when they get up for their J-O-B, you get to have a nice snooze.
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    • Bill, that's a pretty crazy schedule you keep there. Do you always sleep this little, even on the weekends? How do you stay awake?

      Paul
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    • Hehe, i feel with you TPW , it's kinda the same here.
      i'm not a morning person, so since it is 11.30 am here atm, i am going through hell, lol
      i'm at my best during the evening and early night hours being from 8 pm till like 3 pm.
      It's strange to say, but in between these hourse I have the most inspiration to write and create.
      i get up at 7 to drive the kids to school and then it's coffee and reading , posting time for me


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  • Working at odd hours seems to be when I am most productive. I think it might be a circadian rhythm thing. Just one of the several great thing about working online instead of a 9 to 5 (or longer).
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    • I tend to think so myself. My internal clock has always been a little different from others as well, and I remember that even when I was young, I always used to be at my most productive and alert state late into the night. I've always been a night owl, I suppose, and one of the great perks in IM is that I get to work late at night all the time. It really doesn't bother me, and I'm pretty sure I work better (and more productively) at this hour anyway.

      Paul
  • It's 5.28pm here on this side of the world but usually i would work that late as well
  • Well, if you're from California it's not quite 3 am yet, is it?
  • Everyday...

    However, it is mostly by choice. I actually prefer a night-time schedule. I don't really like being up during the day time, I don't have any obligations (like children) that require to be up, and I get a lot more accomplished this way.

    It's when I'm up into the "late" afternoon (or even worse into the next night) that I start getting delirious and realize that I'm working too much.
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    • Same here, something about the peace and tranquility of the night makes me a lot more productive than during the day. I'm just glad and grateful that IM affords me the choice to work whenever I want to.
  • I currently sleep at 5 am and wake up at 12 noon lunchtime. I'm more focused and get a lot more things done when there's no distraction at night.
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    • Michael, your sleep/work schedule sounds almost exactly like mine. I tend to prefer working deep into the night/early morning, and waking up around noon or later. I tend to be more motivated and focused at night as well, and as a result of this I end up being a lot more productive.
    • All the time!

      I'm more productive when it's dark. Thank God I don't live in Alaska!
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  • I work from 10.30 PM to 6.30 AM which is my usual working hours because it is fun and peaceful. Everyone's asleep when I work my ass off and everyone's working their ass off when I sleep happily. Gives me a good feel as internet marketer
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    • If you have other people in your household, there's also another benefit - you usually don't have to worry about being distracted from your sleep during the day, as everyone is hard at work away from the house!
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  • I haven't had to...yet

    I wouldn't mind doing it a couple of times though, because I really try and only work on things that I like doing so it wouldn't be a problem.
  • I find it's easiest to concentrate on getting things done late at night/early in the morning. Everyone else is in bed and there are no distractions. No one to call, nowhere to go. It's truly easy to sit down and get to work. (It's 2:35am as I write this)
  • I will be up at 3am tonight! Because I am in Australia and some of my mentors and business partners are in the States, I am up all hours of the night speaking with them either on the phone or Skype.
  • Afi yes of course.

    It's becomeing quite regular these days.

    My day starts off with the kids at around 6ish and then off to my day job. Then once home it's with the kids again until around 7pm after reading them a bedtime story and then it's into the home office to see if i can crack make some extra income until 2-3 in the morning.
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    • Wow man, how do you function on 3 hours sleep? That can't be good for you. Hope you don't burn yourself out and throw in the towel on IM. I nearly did that once
  • What a thread this turned out to be! You guys are hilarious!
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    • Somehow I love working at night - it's just so quiet and no one distracts you. All the friends are in bed - no chat windows opening, no telephone calls.

      I just hate go get up early though... My natural rhythm seems to be getting up at 12 o'clock and going to bed at 4 AM. I wake up by myself at said time and get tired by myself (no use of caffeine etc.)

      Usually I have to get out of bed for lectures or other appointments at other times but I always return to this rhythm on week-ends or holidays.

      The good thing is: I live in Europe so those times convert to a normal business day in the USA
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    • I start to work during 8am until 4am.. This business of mine really needs a lot of time.. Thank GOD I'm still able to manage this business for almost a year.
  • sure . i sometimes work till the next day morning.
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    • I just did that myself. I woke up at 1AM and couldn't sleep and now it's 6:30AM here and I'm still up. And created this crazy thread from it all!
  • I can't fall asleep fast enough to take power naps during the day. I guess I get anxiety about having to wake up in 15 minutes, I feel under pressure to fall asleep right away! LOL
  • I'm a big fan of working late, I often find it is the best time to work for me. Also being from the UK it means more of my US colleagues are online
  • Just woke up... 4am. Time to make the magic happen. What is on tap for today?
    • Consider finishing a new theme for themeforest
    • Finish up a membership site
    • Upgrade an old site to WP 3.0 and pimp it out as a multi-site autoblog. That'll be around 20 new sites spewing out RSS fed love.
    • Watch the walking dead episode 5
    • Sit around and read IM and Football forums.
    • Show concern for sings of cabin fever
    • Go outside and interact with people
    • Flirt with girls at starbucks
  • Depending on your personality I guess, I used to work late nights when I started in affiliate marketing several years ago. I had some of my best creative moments late at night.
    Now I work in the day, and quit early, get to my homeoffice around 10 pm, never work after 3 pm. Short days at work is one of the greatest luxuries of having a successful and fairly automated affiliate business
  • 3AM? Hell no girl! I went to bed at 5AM yesterday and was already up at 10PM :/
  • My usual hours are typically 3am - 11am. Ive been doing this now full time for 2 years. I often get strange looks when I tell people Im off to the cafe for breakfast at 2pm
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  • I am the king of working odd hours. I usually like to sleep in and then work in the afternoon. So, if I get going I find myself awake at all hours of the night. But, that is how my body works, so it works out well.

    Shannon
  • Sometimes I do, when there's a project I must finish soon.
  • Had I ran across this thread last night (or this morning I guess) I could have replied saying I was up at 3am working...

    Then again 3am in Iraq is actually 7pm (give or take 3 hours) US time so I guess I am quite often up at 3am (US time) working since its actually 11am (+/- 3 hours here)...
  • well last night was the 2nd night in a row I've been up to 3am-3.30am... it's crazy, but I'm THAT determined to make this happen hehe
  • I tell you, I often find myself up late doing this. I am determined to keep my day job, because I think there are too many variables in IM that we can't control and would hate to suddenly start losing my income.
    So for now I keep my day job which I enjoy, and my IM efforts go to an early retirement fund....but yes, I often have to force myself to go to bed at 11pm or so, because I know I have to get up to go to my 9-5 the next day. It's not really work though when you love what you're doing.
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    • I constantly stay up until the wee hours working on things. I'm trying to change that by going to bed earlier and just starting work earlier in the day, but it is HARD to change your body clock back once you've gotten used to staying up until 4 am and sleeping until noon. I'm really struggling with becoming a "morning" person.
  • I always try to cut my self off from working once it hits 11 because without sleep im a zombie the next day, and a zombie cant work efficiently.
  • It's 1:52 AM and I don't have any plan to sleep soon
  • I do some of my best work at the wee hours of the night /morning. It's probably all the darn coffee I drink during the day. lol

    One of the greatest benefits of this industry is that once you've got your systems set in place you can basically work whenever you want to (assuming you've outsourced customer service, etc.). Lately, I've seemed to have my biggest breakthroughs right after an all night rave.......

    Rod "David-Guetta-Killed-It-In-Hollywood-Last-Weekend" Cortez
  • I think this whole thread is funny. I normally do have a funny sleep schedule, can shift on a dime and then all of a sudden i'm on a totally opposite sleep schedule within one day.
    But honestly, it's flipped since the day I started writing. I'm duplicating all you fine writers out there!!!
  • Yep, I usually work until 3-4 AM. I've always been a night person, but there are advantages too. For the last 5 hours or so of my work day there are no phone calls, no one drops by to visit, my wife is in bed sleeping, and the dog is sleeping. No distractions! Great for productivity.

    Then I'll sleep anywhere from 4 to 7 hours, drink some coffee, read the morning paper, and slowly get back into my work routine.
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    • Anyone else up at 3PM working?
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  • i'm usually doing seo work at 3am... im a night kind of guy
  • I use to be a fulltime songwriter, and I found that working at three am while everyone else in my region (immediate energy field) was at rest... produced more creativity for me, the whole energy is calmer and less disorienting, possibly because there was noone else around vamping the energy, I dont know... call it crazy, but I still do it.

    3am is my best,most productive work time. Plus I work on international trade deals with other countries part time...so its a good time to do that... My webdesign partner is from the UK so 3 am is a good time for us to work alot together.

    I guess I have attracted partners who are harmonic with my favorite work time. That makes sense.

    Yes. Its my habit, has been for years.
  • 1 am here, n all's well.
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    • I feel a sense of Vuja De... like I've never been here before.
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  • I let my workers do the grunt work white I plot for more money.

    I've only stayed up late to play video games.

    I'm evil!
  • Oh yeah... welcome to the club.

    I have kids so I generally get them off to bed and then get back up around 10.30 to do a few hours work until 2 or 3am which are some of my most productive hours.
    Staying focused and on task is the thing though.

    I've had days where I knew I could only be online a max of 4 hours and got more done in that time than I often do in 10 or 12 hours.

    I reckon most really successful people online at some stage have all worked the 14 to 16 hour days,... until they figured out a smarter and better way and that's when true success floods in (I'm still waiting but I can't feel it coming!!!)

    Cheers
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    • Yep pretty often . I stay and work until late espacially when I have my exams at the university
  • Time is immaterial when theres money to be made, a pity the Internet has made many of us ignore normal sleeping habits
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    • On the hand, the Internet has allowed us to build international relations with companies/individuals around the world - most while sitting in the comfort of our own homes.

      Where there is a time difference - that's our choice to make - do we or don't we wish to work with someone where there is a 14 hour time difference. Guess it boils down to "choice" - and choice is something we shouldn't take for granted.
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  • I wish I could sleep during the day and wake at night!

    ugh college!
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  • Its perfectly understandable that you're working at 3am
    many of us marketers have such afflictions
    check my thread on mental illnesses in marketers
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    • OK, now it's Noon again. This thread is only accurate once every 24 hours. I guess that's better than a lot of threads.
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  • I think I may have the same problem with taking naps...unless I'm really sleepy, I won't usually take an afternoon. Its probably because I feel like I need to wake up soon, so I find it difficult to sleep.
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    Anyone else up at 3AM working?

    I oftentimes work very late into the night because I'm trying to make some action happen here. I'm getting pretty close to breaking through with some of my sites. Does anyone else work odd hours in order to get your work done?