I’m sure the best working time varies from person to person but there is scientific evidence that your body does certain things better at different times of the day. The theory is that we concentrate better at 10 -12 and then again at about 4pm onwards (which agrees with what you say). Just after lunch is the worst time of day to do anything creative or taxing.

The horizon programme The Secret Life of Your Body Clock is worth having a look at.

It points out that you are much more likely to have a car crash just after lunch because you just aren’t concentrating. In fact you should really be having a nap….which ties in with what Paul Boag says in his guest blog post.

10am-noon certainly isn’t mine, at least as far as writing/creating stuff goes; I can read/view/listen to stuff, but I rarely get much written before noon, and I’d probably estimate that I’m most productive between about 4pm and 8pm.

I completely agree about the doing stuff you enjoy doing though. I need to do something about that