A quick 10-minute walk is great for the mid-afternoon slump. Carry a folder and everyone will think you're doing something work-related.

Oh, you're brilliant. I'm totally doing this in an hour or so. Don't let me forget.

If I wake up 20 minutes earlier and exercise, I'm much more awake during the day. But fuck do I resent the idea when the stupid alarm goes off. The first couple times, anyway. I imagine if I exercised in the middle of the day it would help. But ... I have an exercise problem.

I try to get up at 6:00AM to exercise, but it's tough to wake up. Also, if Leif wakes up early, excercise becomes impossible.

If I wake up 20 minutes earlier and exercise, I'm much more awake during the day. But fuck do I resent the idea when the stupid alarm goes off.

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For a month now, I've been crawling out of bed earlier and exercising. Would I rather sleep until 8:30? Oh yes. But that half-hour of exercise seems to help keep me awake for the rest of the day.

I really should go take a walk after my meeting ...

Is there any hope that the work day will actually become any more flexible? Technology, telecommuting, anything?

Technology, telecommuting, anything?

That's so you can do extra work, not for flexibility.

I used to be just the opposite. I would have chosen to be up 'til 2:00am and then sleep in, but I've completely reversed. It can't be blamed entirely on motherhood, because I remember being a night owl when Ben was little. It might be, in part, because I have three children, though. The biggest part of my switchover happened when my father was dying. I couldn't sleep, so I'd wake at 4am or so. I'd then be so exhausted, I'd zonk early in the evening, if I was home. After it was all over, I realized if I got up when I woke, I could be alone for an hour or two, and it I fell in love with it.

Technology, telecommuting, anything?

That's so you can do extra work, not for flexibility.

Ha! Gudanov is SO right about that.

I don't get usually sleepy during the day. Unless I eat lunch, and that's just a food coma. I've probably been not getting enough sleep during the week for years now, but it doesn't really incline me to nap during the day. Kill people? Sure.

I think my problem is largely attitude. Well, that and stupid brain.

That's so you can do extra work, not for flexibility.

If I could work from home one day every two weeks, I'd be more productive. That's not a promise -- it's just statistics gathered from my last almost-sick day, and a couple mental health days. But my division is incredibly against it, despite predictable portions of my job not requiring face times. I could schedule a day of phone meetings, and take those phone meetings lying down. That would be marvellous.

So far, it works for me, not against me, although I am cheating to make it this way.

ChiKat - I'm exactly the same way as you. I like staying up late, sleeping in, my best hours are in the evening. I don't mind people asking questions when I first get into work, but don't even think of asking me to do anything remotely complex before my first cup of coffee is finished.