Early Bird or Night Owl? Either Way, It Fits With Online Work

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One of the things I love about working online is that it fits your schedule, whether you're an early bird or a night owl.

I'm one of those people who has no concept of the fact that there a 5 or a 6 o'clock in the morning. I can happily stay up past midnight, one, and even two, then snooze into the farthest reaches of the morning until it's almost ready to turn into afternoon.

I'm most productive late at night, so that's when I can work on my websites, blog posts, and other online work. I'm especially lucky because I don't have a job with regular hours. Even before I joined Wealthy Affiliate, I was working completely online so I could put in my hours when it suits me most.

Many of the people here at Wealthy Affiliate don't have that same luxury. They're fitting this business around jobs that require them to work at a specified time that may or may not be compatible with their natural sleep patterns.

It's tricky to fit website and content creation into an already busy schedule at times when you might not be feeling at your most creative. It's a necessary evil. at least right at the start, but it can also be a strong motivator.

Imagine being able to quit your "day job" and work entirely online. Picture the joy of working when you're most productive, whether it be 2 in the morning or 6 a.m. as you rise with the sun. That can be your reality if you work hard enough to establish your online business. I did it myself, even before I came here, and even though the hours are long and making my income goals can be a struggle, I can't imagine living any other way.

My dog doesn't let me sleep too late, but I still get to stay up as late as I wish tapping away on the keyboard. Then, if I want to crawl back into bed for an hour or two after I take him out for a potty break, I have that freedom. If you'd like that, too, use it as incentive to get your websites going and monetize them to the max. The internet is open 24 hours a day, with plenty of room for both early birds and night owls to live up to their natural propensities.

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Great motivating post!

Amen, working to be able to work on our business from a beach chair on a star lit night somewhere much warmer than Illinois USA in the winter!

I want to do this for both the freedom in when I work and where I work/live.

I'm a morning person so I enjoy getting on the computer first thing after getting up. Unfortunately with my job, I do most of my work in the evenings.

I am productive both day and night but never productive on the evening.

Thanks for the post.

Thanks for the motivational post. I think sometimes we loose prospective of why we want an online business. You just brought all of us back too focus. I am a night owl in addition..The only 6:00 I know is the pm.

I'm a little of both -- that's the blessing and bane of office at home! Plus with people all over the world on here -- some are just the opposite of you anyway!

I am usually a night owl and I love the way IM works with my schedule! Glad you have the freedom to so as you wish, may it last and become a source of great income.

You are so lucky that your schedule is your own. With your awesome writing skills it would be a shame not to be able to use them when you are at your best. Glad for you.

Thanks for sharing your success in working online and how you've been able to set your hours. I'm an early morning person myself but I have to work weekdays so don't have the luxury of working when I'm at the top of my game. **chuckle...I say that and I've just finished a draft post and am on WA blogs...and it's 8:30 at night. Maybe I could go 24 hours a day. :)

Sometimes you have to do your day job and this. Burning the candle at both ends. My day job allows me the freedom to roam and think as I go. Take care.

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