When you work "solo" at home, you form some freaky unique life-style habits. I go at it intensely pretty much the entire day. By dinner time, I start to come down. Fade. Then it happens: the DINNER break. I love to cook, so making dinner is actually an enjoyable high for me. But after dinner, I get so tired, I fall over like a giant sequoia. I mean dead to the world fall over. Unconscious like you can't even budge me. It's really embarrassing, but I try not to let it happen when there's company around. How embarrassing would that be if the hostess falls into the chocolate mousse?Then miraculously, I wake up an hour later totally refreshed, as if I've had a whole night's sleep, and I just don't get tired at all after that until about 3:00 AM. This is a completely rotten unhealthy habit, so I don't suggest anyone cultivate it.  Have to tell you though, early morning is a great time to get insights. At 3:00AM, everything is clear, everything is peaceful. At 3:00AM, you can solve the world's problems. Wayne Dyer loves to get up early, not stay up, get up. Says he does his best work in the wee hours. Maybe there's a healthy compromise here. I believe you need at least 8 hours of sleep a night to be healthy. And there are new thoughts on the benefits of sleep. Some health experts claim you need even more than 8 hours. I used to sleep 4 hours, but that's just plain stupid. If you're holding down a job, you most definitely need a normal night's sleep so that you can be alert during the day. I know it's hard when you're trying to advance your IM career at the same time. Hard to fit it all in.

Early morning is definitely my best time of the day, like from 3:00 AM to say, noon. When are you at the peak of your prowess?