All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Ah right, a walk around nature! Because I have so much nature around me!

(Also, I'd prefer to get meetings and impromptu requests from colleagues in the morning, because I tend to get way in the zone around 14h-15h, with the drawback that I often run way in excess of 17h when I'm supposed to leave so I'm home by ~1815.)

There is no way that 99% of meetings are a waste of time. Like, many 70%, tops.

The waiting 90 min for caffeine part is actually based on decent scientific evidence, but it's so damn hard.

Apparently the logic behind is that sleep neurotransmitters take a while to flush out in the morning, but drinking caffeine stops the flushing process and leaves you with leftover ones in your system. So as soon as the coffee wears off, you're way more likely to really crash.

I've tried to implement that habit, but ended up falling asleep at my work desk basically every day 🤷 (Although my doctor also says he's about 80% sure I have Narcolepsy, so that might have something to do with that)

every great accomplishment happens in the mornings if you're only ever awake during the mornings.

Cool, I don’t have meetings at my day job and I’m on the phone helping people through my entire day. If I worked for only three hours I might get sacked.

I don’t know who this person is, but I’m not sure they have a job.

Mourning routine, lol.

And here's mine:

• 6:30 am - wake up due to 4yo kicking or whatever
• 7 - clean up the kitchen a bit
• 7:30 - make breakfast and lunch for myself and kids
• 8:15 - drive kids to school (we decided on a charter school, so no bus service)
• 9:15 - get to work and refill my water bottle and whatnot
• 9:30-11 - morning meetings
• 11-12 - pretend like I'm working/check email/etc
• 12-1 - lunch
• 1-3 - work on my tasks for the day
• 3-5 - fix something that went wrong, because something always goes wrong just before I go home
• 5-6 - drive home (would take 30 min w/o traffic, but here we are)
• 6-7 - make dinner or clean up house
• 7-9 - get kids ready for bed (takes forever because they're really looking for time w/ me)
• 9-10 - do adult stuff, like paying bills or shopping for birthdays/christmas stuff; maybe take a walk w/ SO; if the stars align, read a book or play video games

So yeah, that's me. I get about as much done in those 2 hours of actual work as many of my coworkers get, so I think I'm doing alright.

Here's an alternative schedule when I WFH:

• 6:30-8:45 - same as above, just w/o commute
• 10-12 - do work (we have fewer meetings on WFH days
• 12-1 - get some exercise in my garage (kids are at school)
• 1-3 - do more work while eating lunch
• 3-5 - play video games or something in my home office (I've already done 2x the work I normally do)
• 5-6 - make dinner or clean up house
• 6-8 - hang out with family
• 8-8:30 - get kids ready for bed (much easier since I can work the bedtime routine in the "hang out" part)
• 8:30-10 - same as above, but I have an extra 30 min (hooray!!)

So yeah, most of what the OP posted cannot apply to me, but I get a similar amount of work done.

This man's colleague when he's just wasted three hours doing work he didn't have to: "but I sent you an email three hours ago about it?"

"No meetings before 2pm (when the eastern hemisphere people are going to sleep)" that'll go over well.

5:30am - Wake up in the mornin' feeling like P. Diddy 6:00am - Grab my glasses; I'm out the door, I'm gonna hit this city 5:45am - Before I leave, brush my teeth, with a bottle of Jack 'Cause when I leave for the night I ain't comin' back

Wake up between 7 and 10 depending on what timezone I'm in, I work late so I don't need an alarm. Open the hotel blinds to get some real light. Eat some yogurt. Do a light work out. Shower. Do whatever until whenever my phone says go to work. Work 3–14 hours based on whatever schedule is on my phone. Go to hotel. Go to bed. Appreciate the fact that I have no meetings ever and at least 16 days off a month.