Recipe For Doing 40 Hours' Work In One Day
Every person has their own work style, wanna know mine?
In my case, if time is managed correctly, most progresses are done in that few single days when productivity bursts. A whole 40h (in standard gauge) week’s work can get done in a single day.
Random, unhealthy, but feels super cool and get nasty things done. It can’t be scheduled, it can only be used correctly when it comes.
The previous night
Do ~3 hours’ work at night, on the same topic need to be done tomorrow. Don’t sleep too late. No need to over focus.
Food for next day should already be in the fridge.
The typical 10x productivity day
12:30 pm Wake up. Then directly begin working.
1 pm Brunch. Easy to prepare. Bread, milk, apple, etc.
If it goes as complex as frying an egg or cutting up the fruits, the chance of a very-productive day becomes dim.
During the food, ~20 minutes’ relaxing anime episode. Anything not too mentally demanding is OK, e.g. Demon Slayer, Delicious in Dungeon, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. Not first episode, not final episode.
Continue working until feeling hungry (usually, 5-6 hours will pass).
7 pm Dinner. A big one.
1 hour to prepare is pretty fine. Usually Rice + one steak/grilled meat + one vegetable/egg dish, or meat/fish spaghetti + another mixed/vegetable dish.
During the food, ~40 minutes’ TV episode. E.g. Air Crash Investigation, The Rings of Power, two episodes of Fate/Zero. Dishes probably left to tomorrow.
Quick walk in the room then back to work till midnight. Usually standing/kneeling for 0.5-1 hour before sitting down.
9 pm Optional but good for morale: 1 hour casual call online with friend. May discuss the current project.
11 pm Productivity probably begins dropping now. Switch to other projects for change of mind. May turn on Youtube for music, when waiting for compilation, reply the emails, etc.
12 pm Preparing to sleep. No need to go further today.
The next day
Cleanup the working threads as they may not be touched again for a month. Code cleanup and upload, post interesting results on Twitter, etc.