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early work for a night owl
Dec. 6th, 2022 11:00 pmOn a normal workday, my alarm goes off at 7:20, I get out of bed around 7:50. After showering and breakfasting, I jump in the car at 8:30, in hopes of getting to the office by 9:00. If I'm working from home, I might stay in be a few minutes longer, and/or start work a few minutes early, and still have some time to relax.
My normal start time is 9 am, but I make it known that if someone needs to schedule a meeting, I can start as early as 8:00. An 8:30 meeting is easy, because I just just start work instead of getting in the car. An 8:00 meeting means I have to make sure I get up a little earlier than usual. Often, I'll just grab a bowl of cereal and start my computer, showering later.
I occasionally have meetings with Europeans, which is the usual reason for an early meeting. My boss is one of them, and I have a one-on-one call with him every two or three weeks. Well, this time he scheduled a meeting for 7:30. It wasn't too bad - I just set the alarm for 20 minutes early and got out of bed fairly quickly, got breakfast and fired up the computer, only to find he had postponed the meeting. This time it was for 8:00. Again it was no trouble, except that he postponed it again. This time it was for 8:30. I thought this was much better, until my coworker pointed out that it would be in the office. My boss is in town for a few hours, and wants to meet in person. So that's a full hour earlier than usual, that I have to be up and out of the house. Not fun. At least I'm fairly certain he won't postpone this one.
My normal start time is 9 am, but I make it known that if someone needs to schedule a meeting, I can start as early as 8:00. An 8:30 meeting is easy, because I just just start work instead of getting in the car. An 8:00 meeting means I have to make sure I get up a little earlier than usual. Often, I'll just grab a bowl of cereal and start my computer, showering later.
I occasionally have meetings with Europeans, which is the usual reason for an early meeting. My boss is one of them, and I have a one-on-one call with him every two or three weeks. Well, this time he scheduled a meeting for 7:30. It wasn't too bad - I just set the alarm for 20 minutes early and got out of bed fairly quickly, got breakfast and fired up the computer, only to find he had postponed the meeting. This time it was for 8:00. Again it was no trouble, except that he postponed it again. This time it was for 8:30. I thought this was much better, until my coworker pointed out that it would be in the office. My boss is in town for a few hours, and wants to meet in person. So that's a full hour earlier than usual, that I have to be up and out of the house. Not fun. At least I'm fairly certain he won't postpone this one.
