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Researchers Discover The Most Creative Time of Day

Posted by samzenpus on from the ask-me-that-in-a-few-hours dept.

Creativity is least likely to strike in the afternoon, according to a survey that suggests office workers have little chance of solving problems after lunch. A poll of 1,426 people showed that a quarter of us stay up late when seeking inspiration. Taking a shower or just sitting in the bathroom proved to be a popular way of getting the creative juices flowing. The survey found that 10:04pm was the most creative time, while 4:33pm was the least. I'll think of something funny to write here later.

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  1. World of Warcraft Time!!! by mfh · · Score: 5, Funny

    FUCK IT. I'm going home!!!!

    (And I'm only working between 10pm and 1am from now on!)

    Because I'll be more productive, I can get away with only working for 3 hours.

    My new World of Warcraft schedule will be as follows:

    8am-1pm (World PvP & farming)
    2pm-9:59pm (BG premades & Arenas)

    With WotLK I won't need to worry about stupid 25man raid times ...which are such a waste of time anyway -- for all my efforts in T6 content I get to replace it all in 3 weeks! x.x

    Wait a minute... it's 4:30pm and I just thought of this brave new strategy. OH SH-

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    1. Re:World of Warcraft Time!!! by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Funny

      (And I'm only working between 10pm and 1am from now on!)

      Because I'll be more productive, I can get away with only working for 3 hours.

      Lunch time!!! Cya.

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  2. Yuck by Itninja · · Score: 4, Funny

    Having "sitting in the bathroom" and a reference to one's "creative juices" in the same sentence kind of grosses me out for some reason.

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    1. Re:Yuck by xTantrum · · Score: 3, Funny

      i honestly don't know what it is about the toilet seat but I do my best problem solving there and i feel relieved after having done so.

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  3. 4:20 by Daveznet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds about right, right after 4:20 people usually tend to get lazy and just not do work in general.

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  4. that old saying by Lord+Ender · · Score: 4, Funny

    Early to bed and early to rise makes Jack miss out on his peak creativity period.

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    1. Re:that old saying by Nick+Number · · Score: 3, Funny

      I am Jack's stunning lack of peak creativity.

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  5. Makes sense by Jeff+Hornby · · Score: 3, Funny

    Isn't 10:04 about when the effects of that third shot of scotch is starting to kick in.

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  6. Re:Thanks for the help! by itamihn · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you show this article to your boss, he will force you to work until 10:04 pm, and beyond.

  7. Re:routine numbs the soul by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you ever get a couple months off work/school for any reason, try sleeping only when you're tired and eating only when you're hungry. I did this for six months straight one time, and although ultimately I was exhausted, it was the most creative and rewarding period in my life. It felt absolutely bizarre to be rotating around the clock on a schedule of 20 hours awake followed by 8 hours of sleep, but man did I get a lot of stuff done!

    And did it drive you stark-raving mad?

    Now I'm on powerful sedatives so I can hold down a "normal" existence, stay out of jail/hospital etc... but what fun I had back in the day. :)

    Ah, it appears you have anticipated my question. Well done.

    (I am considering trying this. There's just a matter of certain regular meetings, occasional free lunches on Thursdays to consider, and the usual holidays, and a benefit is that the off-peak work times mean more opportunities to do coding that would otherwise disrupt all the other programmers.)

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  8. Re:routine numbs the soul by pcgabe · · Score: 3, Funny

    you've forgotten for a moment what a boring life you lead

    I keep hearing about this 'boring life' that people are talking about, and I have to say, I'd like to try it.

    I'm stuck in an interesting life. I didn't realize this until recently, but apparently, not everyone was kidnapped as a child, or had a roommate who tried to kill them, or were accidentally mistaken for a terrorist and caused a bomb-scare. I had no idea that boring was even an option!

    Man, I had more but (I can't believe I'm saying this) the house is filling with smoke. There may be a fire.

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