Ask HN: How much do you sleep?
I sleep from 9pm to 4am, +&#x2F;- 30 minutes.  I was never a morning person but having a kid changed that out of necessity.  From 4pm until 9pm, my life is absolutely frantic: commute and&#x2F;or daycare pickup, feed, cleanup, bathe, and by 9 I&#x27;m exhausted.  My partner stays up to work after my son and i  go to bed.  I tried that approach but was totally unproductive.  Now I get up 2 or 3 hours before anyone else and in that time I get more done than I used to do in a normal 8 hour workday.<p>My team at work mostly get in and stay late which is sometimes difficult because I&#x27;m basically out of commission after 3pm.  But I like to think I compensate by getting so much done in the early hours.  I got dinged on a performance review for ignoring slack messages sent at 6pm.  It was hard to swallow because I basically work 11 hours a day.  I have to refuse meeting requests after 3pm, and if I get pushback, I offer to reschedule for 5am.  Oh that&#x27;s too early for you?  So I have to accept your schedule?  Fine, cut me a check for $80 because that&#x27;s what my daycare charges for late pickups.  Oops, this got a little off topic.  But as you can see, work&#x2F;life balance should really be renamed work&#x2F;sleep balance since I&#x27;m working basically every waking minute that I&#x27;m possibly able to.