Source: http://romanfitnesssystems.com/articles/all-nighter/
“I need this done for tomorrow morning, but don’t spend too much time on it. I don’t want you to pull an all-nighter.”
My boss was overly optimistic. That night I pulled my first all-nighter at work.
I’ve had a handful all-nighters since then, but you always remember your first time.
From sunset to sunrise, I stared at a computer screen trying to do a week’s worth of work before 9:00 AM. My energy spiked and crashed: my work was sloppy, I made silly mistakes, and the next day, I had a killer headache.
That happened over 4 years ago, and I still remember how much it sucked.
Maybe you’ve never had to pull an all-nighter, but you’ve probably worked your fair share of late nights. If you’re tired of feeling like crap when burning the midnight oil, read on to see what I learned for working for 36 hours straight.
The All-Nighter Experiment
A couple weeks ago, I made the decision to have an all-nighter. I’m self-employed so it wasn’t because of a deadline or last-minute fire drill at work; it was an experiment.
I wanted to figure out the best way to have a productive all-nighter.
A lot of my clients work ridiculous hours in careers like finance and law, and the #1 question I get is, “How do I survive the insane hours? I needed to provide healthy alternatives to the rampant off-label prescription usage happening on Wall Street, and I needed to make sure those alte…