Comments on: Webworking Hours

By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Tip of the Week: Find Your Rhythm and Schedule Around It «

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:30:11 +0000

[...] great thing about web work is it often allows people to choose their own hours: For many of us, one of the greatest things about web work is the flexibility that it allows us in [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:39:04 +0000

I also tend to get pushed to overcommit. What was originally a 8 hour day turns into a 12 hour day and evening.

Setting my IM to invisible works if I am deep into some programming or just need some uninterrupted time to myself. The “Away” setting just prompts people to message me ‘Are you there? Can we talk?’.

By: John Fuller

John Fuller — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:37:51 +0000

“One possible response: agree to a 4:30 meeting this time if the team will meet at 5:30AM next week.”

A meeting at 5:30 in the morning? Yuck, who would agree to that? Maybe that is the point though! ;)

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:33:40 +0000

Avoiding the rut is important to me. I seldom start my day at the same time anymore.

That said, I’m pushing hard to get a lot out of my days now, my hours are pretty set at max. Up around 7:30-8:00, head to my new office at 9:00 or 10:00. Work 6 or 7 hours straight to be home by 5:00 to help with the baby. He goes to bed around 8:00, the wife at 9:00 or 10:00, and then I’m back working til midnight or 1:00am.

By the time Saturday rolls around, I owe them some time, though I might catch up on stuff in the morning or late at night again. If I have to finish something for Monday, Sunday afternoons are quiet and tend to be an option.

By: Anne Zelenka

Anne Zelenka — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:19:24 +0000

I love the ability to work hours that suit me.

Ever since you wrote about midweekends, Mike, I’ve been taking Thursdays as a light workday or day off. I often go to my mom’s and paint or I go shopping or whatever. Then I work full days on Sundays. I really like it, because Sundays are quiet enough in blogging that I can really think while by Thursday of most weeks, I want a break from it all.

I also really cherish my ability to roll out of bed, throw my bathrobe on, and immediately hit the web each day at 6 am. I read my email, read some RSS, maybe get a blog post out, and then shower and get dressed and have breakfast later. My husband laughs at me for actually working in my pajamas, but it just works for me.