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“I try not to have the computer in the bedroom,” he told Fast Company. He does, however, limit screen time as he goes to bed. Reddit cofounder and husband of Serena Williams, Alexis Ohanian, has similar sleeping habits and rises at 10 a.m.“I’m in bed for 30 minutes swiping, replying, and deleting.” His productivity hack? Naps and lots of coffee. His morning routine may sound familiar regardless of chronotype. “I know this is not a best practice, but I read email,” he told Fast Company. Aaron Levie, the CEO of enterprise cloud company Box, goes to sleep at 3 a.m.Here are some people who successfully manage and create while burning the midnight oil: In other words, being ruthlessly productive doesn’t have to mean committing to an ascetic routine. Breus classifies naturally late risers–about 20% of the population–as wolves, people who struggle to wake up early and tend to be more productive and creative during the night. About 1 in 2 people have relatively “normal” sleeping habits they function most optimally when they don’t stay up too late or wake up too early and stick to a consistent sleep schedule. That’s why Breus recommends leaning into your chronotype rather than blindly trying to emulate the habits of early birds, who only account for about 15% of the population. “There’s only so much you’re going to be able to do to try to change that.” The typical workday may favor early birds, but in truth, your chronotype–a classification based on your natural sleep habits–determines how productive you are in the mornings.
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Waking up early simply may not work with your circadian rhythm, try as you might with earnest resolutions and blaring iPhone alarms. “Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, that’s a genetic predisposition,” sleep specialist Michael Breus told Fast Company.
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With so much evidence to the contrary, you might forget that not everyone is wired to be an early riser.